The Association of Manitoba Municipalities (AMM) is proposing a new one per cent sales tax to pay for infrastructure projects across the province. If accepted by the NDP government of Premier Gary Doer [...]
Posted on 18 November 2008
The Association of Manitoba Municipalities (AMM) is proposing a new one per cent sales tax to pay for infrastructure projects across the province. If accepted by the NDP government of Premier Gary Doer [...]
Posted on 18 July 2008
Taylor Bridge, Headingly, Manitoba The Taylor Bridge, the world's longest span bridge using carbon fiber reinforced polymer, is located on Provincial Road 334 over the Assiniboine River in Headingly [...]
Posted on 15 July 2008
On March 4, 2008 the CBC reported that Winnipeg crews were investigating Osborne Village's third watermain break in a month. On June 20 it reported a major break in central St. John's that closed the Art [...]
Posted on 08 July 2008
The CBC reports that the City of Winnipeg has made an enticing offer to any interested private company: a 1,000-stall parkade under the city's most famous intersection can be theirs. The city's infrastructure [...]
Posted on 09 January 2008
Winnipeggers could one day be using an aerial cable car to get across the Red River between St. Vital Centre and the University of Manitoba if a proposal to be considered by city councillors Tuesday comes [...]
Posted on 16 November 2007
Residents in Winnipeg should expect 11.5 per cent increase in their water bills in 2008 after city council passed a motion in favour of a new rate hike. The motion was passed despite the city’s infrastructure [...]
Posted on 23 March 2007
Yesterday morning the Canada West Foundation released a survey on urban attitudes towards the environment and found that Regina and Saskatoon residents are most satisfied with environmental protection; [...]
Posted on 27 September 2005
The rise of the information economy, coupled with expanded global trade and increased international economic competition, has vaulted big cities to a level of importance that renders archaic the intergovernmental [...]
Posted on 13 September 2005
Thomas Akerstream uses organic words that are seldom applied to glass, concrete and steel when he talks about the design of Manitoba Hydro's new $188-million headquarters in the heart of downtown Winnipeg [...]