The City of Saint John, New Brunswick, is getting up to $9.8 million from the federal government towards a “green thermal utility.” Total project costs are estimated at $29.8 million and this funding [...]

Remember when Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty called municipal leaders “pothole fillers and whiners?” It was our favourite sound bite of 2009. Well, the City of Charlottetown now has a machine [...]

New Brunswick’s 2010-2011 budget includes $439.3 million for transportation infrastructure. Transportation Minister Denis Landry announced the capital budget yesterday in the legislative assembly. Landry [...]

The Nova Scotia Department of Energy released two reports today with some insight into how the province could meet its renewable energy targets. In July, 2009 the province announced its goal of meeting [...]

To get itself out of debt, NB Power is selling most of its assets to Hydro-Quebec for about $4.75 billion. That includes number 12 on last year’s Top 100 projects list, the Point Lepreau nuclear power [...]

St. John, New Brunswick, has a new zoning map that, according to the City, provides a level of information not available in other municipalities across North America. Yves Léger, Manager of Geographic [...]

A major$52 million contract to solidify and stabilize  sediment at the Sydney Tar Ponds has finally been awarded. We actually announced this in our May/June 2009 issue. But now it's officially official [...]

Our number one project on this year's Top 100 list, the Romaine Hydroelectric Complex is officially under construction. Québec Premier Jean Charest made the announcement yesterday accompanied by Minister [...]

After a meeting with the Atlantic Mayors' Congress (AMC) this week, Halifax Mayor Peter Kelly expressed some concern about how quickly the federal government is acting to get stimulus funding into municipal [...]

The province of New Brunswick released a report yesterday on model wind turbine provisions and best practices. The report has the longest name in report history: Model Wind Turbine Provisions and Best [...]