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The Société du parc Jean-Drapeau unveils its Vision for Montréal’s Largest Insular Park
The Société du parc Jean-Drapeau is unveiling its 2020-2030 Conservation, Design and Development Management Plan.The initiative is a culmination of more than three years of in-depth work and collective intelligence effort. The result…
OREA releases research report to generate economic growth in Ontario
The Ontario Real Estate Association (OREA) released The Ten Infrastructure Projects for a More Competitive Ontario, a research report written in partnership with KPMG Global Infrastructure Advisory, outlining large infrastructure projects…
Slaves to speed, we’d all benefit from ‘slow cities’
Paul Tranter, UNSW and Rodney Tolley, Staffordshire UniversitySlowing transport in cities provides immense benefits for the health of people, economies and the planet, so why are we still obsessed with speed?As Mahatma Gandhi…
How cities can add accessible green space in a post-coronavirus world
Cities can prepare for climate change emergencies by adding green spaces to help manage stormwater, heat stress and air quality. (Shutterstock)
Ryan Plummer, Brock University; Darby McGrath, Brock University, and Sivajanani Sivarajah,…
N.S. needs bigger push to remedy decades of neglect in non profit housing: study
HALIFAX – A new report says Nova Scotia needs a major push to create publicly funded, non-profit housing to make up for over 25 years of lost ground.The Nova Scotia office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives argues in the…
Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors launches new global guidance for Land Measurement
New guidance on the measurement of land for development projects such as new housing and commercial development have been published by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. The guidance, which defines common measurements used…
New housing plan requires Brampton to kick its addiction to single family homes
THE POINTERIn Brampton, the cost of a house has been rising dramatically for years. By the time council ordered staff in 2017 to search for a solution, the average price of a house in the city was closing in on $700,000. It had…
Impact Design Lab and CGC Educational Communications launch a youth program
Impact Design Lab, in partnership with CGC Educational Communications, is launching a six-week program that challenges youth to reimagine what Toronto will look like in a post-pandemic world.My T.O. in 10 is an online event that…
Stantec and PUBLIC WORK selected to lead design services for Waterfront Toronto projects
Complex tunneling and streetscape work on the shore of Lake Ontario will connect communities near the downtown core
Feds invest $12B in Ontario public transit projects in GTHA
TORONTO – Ontario and the federal government have struck an agreement that will see Ottawa kick in $12 billion to help build several transit projects in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area over the next decade.Prime Minister Justin…