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Carol McGuffie has lived in the Rotary Frenchman’s Bay West Park area for more than 30 years, but she fears her neighbourhood will never look as it used to again. She is one of many Pickering residents expressing concern as the…

In an example of truly thinking in three dimensions, architects around the globe are beginning to envision housing in a different way. Dubbed “vertical land,” developers are essentially utilizing scaffolding and three-dimensional printing to build homeless shelters on the windowless sides…

TORONTO, April 3, 2018 /CNW/ – George Brown College has selected Moriyama & Teshima Architects + Acton Ostry Architects to design The Arbour – its tall wood campus building on Toronto’s waterfront. This moves the project one step closer to construction of Ontario’s first tall wood, low carbon institutional building. In selecting…

NANAIMO, BC: A new offering in Vancouver Island University’s (VIU’s) Refrigeration Air-Conditioning Mechanic (RACM) program is saving students thousands of dollars in travel and living costs and leading to better job opportunities. The program, which trains students to install, service and…

VANCOUVER, April 2, 2018 /CNW/ – Universal mCloud Corp. (TSX-V: MCLD) (“mCloud” or the “Company”), a leading provider of IoT-connected, asset-care technology solutions, is pleased to report on one of its customers’ feedback and savings as a result of its AI-driven, energy optimization…

OTTAWA, April 4, 2018 – Luc Bouliane, MRAIC, a Toronto architect whose designs are inspired by the geology of Northern Ontario, will receive the 2018 Young Architect Award of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC). Recent projects include the 2015 expansion…

Residents of Toronto’s Liberty Village neighbourhood will soon be more connected to King Street and the rest of the city. The City of Toronto has announced that construction on the King-Liberty pedestrian cycle bridge, which was initially approved by city council…

VANCOUVER, April 3, 2018 /CNW/ – Spring is often a busy time for preventative maintenance around the home now that the weather is warming up. But when it comes to gas and electrical appliance maintenance, Technical Safety BC is reminding homeowners to use licensed contractors…

Upset about too-big condos and wonky zoning decisions in your neighbourhood? You’re not alone. But this week, the province of Ontario will introduce a new process for appealing those decisions. On April 3, the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB), the quasi-judicial body that…

Ottawa and Victoria have inked a 10-year deal which will see $4.1 billion in infrastructure funding spent in the province. The money isn’t new, however. Until Monday, the province and the federal government had been in negotiations over the funding streams…

All of us here at North America Traffic were deeply saddened on that awful day in July 2014, when Brian Daniel lost his life, doing his job. Now, the Coroner’s Jury report, just released this past month (February 2018) by Dr.…

BOUCHERVILLE, QC, April 3, 2018 /CNW Telbec/ – Reno-Depot, a banner of Lowe’s Canada, is proud to announce Dave Morissette as its new spokesperson. A former professional hockey player who is now a well-known figure in the Quebecmedia landscape, but also a home improvement enthusiast, Dave Morissette will star in…

After last spring’s devastating floods across Quebec, one McGill University professor has pitched a new solution to the City of Montreal — one that he says is a faster and cheaper way to protect people’s homes. Thousands of Quebecers surrounded their…

The most expensive condo for sale at San Francisco’s leaning, sinking skyscraper, has sold — and the new owners should get a blue ribbon for their negotiation tactics. Apartment 401 was the priciest listing at Millennium Tower when it hit the…

MISSISSAUGA, ON, April 2, 2018 /CNW/ – On March 25th, 2018, EllisDon wrapped up Prostate Cancer Canada’s 2018 Step-Up Challenge with the final stop taking place in Toronto. During the challenge volunteers representing EllisDon from area offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, and Toronto raced up some of Canada’s tallest skyscrapers in support…