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Biofuel production increasing in Canada
INNISFAIL, AB - New York-based Riverstone Holdings, the Carlyle Group of Washington DC, and Florida-based Dominion Energy Services are building a refinery in Innisfail, Alberta, that will annually produce 1.12 billion litres of ethanol,…
Artis REIT closes deals worth $193.7 million
WINNIPEG - Winnipeg-based Artis Real Estate Investment Trust (formerly known as Westfield) has closed $193.7 million of previously announced acquisition plans. Focusing exclusively on commercial properties located in primary and growing…
Reduced emission coal plant coming to Edmonton
EDMONTON -- Alberta power companies TransAlta of Calgary and Epcor Utilities of Edmonton are building the $1.6-billion Keephills 3 power project, a 450 megawatt (MW) coal-fired plant about 70 kilometres west of Edmonton."The Keephills 3…
At Play In The Park
Maimonides Park, first developed in the 1960s when Cte Saint Luc was a rapidly developing suburb of Montreal, is characterized by two distinct spatial realities: located adjacent to the sprawling Cte Saint Luc railyards, the park is an…
Introducing the Saputo Stadium
MONTREAL -- The RIO, Montreal's Olympic park, together with Zinno-Zappitelli Architects and Broccolini Construction, both of Montreal, have announced plans for the Saputo Stadium, a new soccer stadium being developed for the Montreal Impact…
Show me your skyscrapers…
When Toronto home builders unveiled a model of their sinuously undulating, Calatrava-like high-rise condo tower in Mississauga, Ont. last year the media -- which has always responded to readers' fascination with unusual, especially bizarre,…
Diamond + Schmitt at Ryerson University
TORONTO -- Toronto-based Diamond + Schmitt will design a new $8-million gallery and research centre at Ryerson University in Toronto. Diamond + Schmitt's design, which was selected from 11 other bidders, will add new gallery, research,…
Bridgepoint Health to be redeveloped
TORONTO -- The Bridgepoint Health hospital in Toronto is being redeveloped by Edmonton-based Stantec Architecture and Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects (KPMB) of Toronto. The redevelopment plan calls for the building of a care and…
Richard Rogers: 2007 Pritzker Prize winner
LONDON, England -- Richard Rogers of the London-based firm Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners has been chosen as the 2007 Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize. The formal ceremony will be held on June 4 in London where the 73-year-old…
New Wind Farm in Ontario
RIPLEY, Ontario -- The Canadian division of Spain-based sustainable development company Acciona and energy company Suncor Energy Products of Calgary have announced the start of construction on their $176-million, 76-megawatt (MW) wind power…