In March 2009, the federal government introduced the $4-billion Infrastructure Stimulus Fund (ISF) to jump-start the economy following the global financial recession. Through the program, municipalities [...]
Posted on 01 September 2010 · Written by Mia Bennett
In March 2009, the federal government introduced the $4-billion Infrastructure Stimulus Fund (ISF) to jump-start the economy following the global financial recession. Through the program, municipalities [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]