Greying transportation infrastructure in Canada’s biggest cities means an opportunity to create something green in its place. If only it were that simple. Tearing down an existing structure means [...]
Posted on 23 February 2010 · Written by Mira Shenker
Greying transportation infrastructure in Canada’s biggest cities means an opportunity to create something green in its place. If only it were that simple. Tearing down an existing structure means [...]
Posted on 12 March 2010
A team of nine engineers and geoscientists from across Canada is heading to Chile to to help with the inspection of, and to learn from the damage to, bridge structures as a result of the recent earthquake [...]
Posted on 11 March 2010
Yesterday, the Conference Board of Canada (CBC) released a report called , The Economic Impact of Public Infrastructure in Ontario, examining how Ontario's increased infrastructure spending has affected [...]
Posted on 11 March 2010
Ontario’s Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, Brad Duguid, will be making some big announcements tomorrow. Following Ontario’s big water-related announcement this week, Duguid will announce a [...]
Posted on 09 March 2010
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ (FCM) Big Cities Mayors’ Caucus (BCMC) are planning a National Infrastructure Summit for next January. The idea was put forward by Regina Mayor Pat Fiacco [...]
Posted on 08 March 2010
It's pretty much business as usual in Ontario, as a new plan is unveiled that basically rounds up existing programs and Acts and gives them all an umbrella to sit under. In his speech from the throne [...]
Posted on 05 March 2010
"It's a good budget, but it's not visionary." That’s Cardus’ director of research Ray Pennings’ take on the 2010 Canadian Federal Budget, tabled in Ottawa this week. Pennings says although today's [...]
Posted on 04 March 2010
The federal budget, like British Columbia’s budget, tabled this week, includes initiatives aimed at helping create the next generation of skilled workers and encouraging investment in Canadian businesses. Investments [...]
This week, CBC reported on the closure of Highway 417 near Ottawa due to the collapse of a pipe that created a sinkhole. We’ve seen this before—in fact, Carl Bodimeade reported on two similar incidents [...]
At this week's Urban Transportation Summit, Translink's Ian Jarvis talked about the City's Olympic achievments in the transportation realm. The Games have certainly done a lot for transit in Vancouver [...]