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Canada’s Northern Strategy Falls Short

Canada’s Northern Strategy Falls Short

Posted on 01 September 2010

A few days after Prime Minister Harper finished a five-day northern tour the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) released its report with key recommendations for the feds on Canada’s Northern [...]

Edmonton to Turn 100,000 Tonnes of Trash into Fuel

Edmonton to Turn 100,000 Tonnes of Trash into Fuel

Posted on 31 August 2010

Construction has started Edmonton’s waste-to-biofuels facility—the first industrial-scale facility of its kind in the world. Enerkem Alberta Biofuels will own and operate the $80-million facility [...]

103-Year-Old Saskatoon Bridge Near Collapse

103-Year-Old Saskatoon Bridge Near Collapse

Posted on 27 August 2010

Saskatoon Mayor Don Atchison told reporters yesterday that the Traffic Bridge (or Victoria Bridge) is about to collapse. The bridge was closed this week with no word on when it will reopen. The CBC reports [...]

New Hydro Power for B.C.

New Hydro Power for B.C.

Posted on 26 August 2010

A $900-million expansion hydro power facility near British Columbia’s Pend d'Oreille River is set to move forward, with 335 megawatts of hydro power scheduled to come online in 2015. Fortis Inc [...]

New Wind Energy Study in PEI

New Wind Energy Study in PEI

Posted on 23 August 2010

The federal government is funding a research project in Prince Edward Island to help us better understand and use of wind power. The feds will provide up to $12 million over five years to the Wind Energy [...]

Canadian Jurisdictions Bring Home Energy Report Cards

Canadian Jurisdictions Bring Home Energy Report Cards

Posted on 19 August 2010

According to the Canadian Energy Efficiency Alliance’s (CEEA’s) 2009 National Energy Efficiency Report Card, Ontario’s Green Energy and Economy Act (GEA) has helped the Province go from an A in 2007 [...]

Ottawa LRT Passes EA

Ottawa LRT Passes EA

Posted on 19 August 2010

Ottawa Light Rail Transit (OLRT) project is moving forward with the Province accepting the City’s environmental assessment for the new rail. Ottawa Mayor Larry O'Brien in a statement, "Approval is [...]

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Issued for September-October 2010

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Isn’t Energy Infrastructure?

Posted on 23 August 2010
Written by Mira Shenker
Mira Shenker

It looks like if I'll be adding another contact to my list--now if I want information about energy infrastructure in Ontario, I'll be calling the Energy Minister's office, not the office of the Minister [...]

Quebec’s Municipal Infrastructure

Posted on 23 July 2010

Municipalities in Quebec share many of the problems their counterparts from coast to coast experience in terms of their infrastructure. Increasing costs of construction, maintenance and rehabilitation [...]

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