Cities

As part of the Data for Canadian Cities Pilot Project, the Government of Canada has approved $3 million in funding to assist the World Council on City Data (WCCD) build data capacity, and improve investments in public infrastructure for…

OTTAWA – NDP leader Jagmeet Singh is a well-known cycling enthusiast whose folding bike seems to travel almost everywhere he does.Singh now wants to bring his love for two-wheeled-transportation to Canadians everywhere with a national…

Minister of Democratic Institutions, the Honourable Karina Gould, and Member of Parliament for Spadina-Fort York, Adam Vaughan, on behalf of Canada's Minister of Natural Resources, the Honourable Amarjeet Sohi, have announced a $40-million…

CALGARY – A company backed by Toronto Raptors founder John Bitove says it will bring e-scooter rentals to Calgary and Edmonton in early July.Newly founded Bird Canada says Alberta will be the launching point for its line of dockless…

TORONTO – Danielle Bacci's favourite part of her move to near Windsor, Ont., is the lack of traffic along her 15-minute commute to work in nearby Leamington.The 26-year-old bank employee and her partner left Toronto and bypassed the…

TORONTO – The mayor of Markham is using a major technology conference to tell startup enterprises that his city north of Toronto is preparing a large parcel of land to be the home of a new innovation hub. Mayor Frank Scarpitti says Markham…

OTTAWA – Flood-ravaged provinces are asking the federal government to provide almost $138 million to move or buy out homeowners affected by previous years' inundations, according to new data that gives a glimpse into the national costs of…

The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Canada's Minister of Infrastructure and Communities and his Parliamentary Secretary Marco Mendicino have announced the four winners of the country's first-ever Smart Cities Challenge, a…

With key infrastructure in the Maritimes and Quebec again threatened by surging waterways, flooding experts say it's past time for fixes that consider worst-case climate change scenarios.The New Brunswick government announced…