District of Lake Country

By Dave Carpenter With three large water bodies within its boundaries: Okanagan Lake, Wood Lake and Kalamalka Lake, it’s no surprise where the District of Lake Country got its name. At the north end of Kelowna, the District of Lake Country has a lot going for it right out of the gates: [...]

2020-11-29T23:44:23+00:00

City of Calgary Historic City Hall Rehabilitation project

By Dave Carpenter Calgary’s Historic City Hall is a National, Provincial and Municipal Heritage Resource. It has stood for 109 years, and after four years of meticulous work on the facility, Darrel Bell’s confident it will last for a hundred more. Bell, the Acting Director of Facility Management for the City of [...]

2020-11-29T23:39:51+00:00

City of Calgary’s Crowchild Trail Upgrades Project

By Dave Carpenter You can imagine the satisfaction that the project team felt this past September upon the completion of Calgary's Crowchild Trail Upgrades project, one of North America's most innovative transportation construction projects deemed 'never been done before' in the media from the outset. The upgrades stemmed from a multiyear transportation [...]

2020-11-29T23:34:40+00:00

Town of Oakville New Trafalgar Community Centre

By Dave Carpenter As Manager, Capital Projects, Town of Oakville, Nick Valerio played a central role in the recent completion of the Oakville Trafalgar Community Centre that’s received high praise in this community west of Toronto. That said, Valerio is quick to point out that the new community centre would have never [...]

2020-11-29T23:31:15+00:00

L. Nardella Associates Ltd. (LNA)

By Dave Carpenter L. Nardella Associates Ltd (LNA) has a proven track record for getting the job done and done right. Based in Laval, Quebec, ‘LNA’ has developed a sterling reputation as one of Canada’s most reliable heavy-construction management companies, based on the diversity and scale of the projects they’ve taken on [...]

2021-01-25T18:52:12+00:00

Canadian banks to hand out interest-free loans to small businesses

(Reuters) - Small and medium-sized businesses in Canada, which have been affected by the ongoing coronavirus crisis, will be able to access interest-free loans of up to $40,000 to meet their cash requirements, according to the Canadian Bankers’ Association. Under the new federal plan, businesses will be able to apply for loans online and [...]

2020-04-09T17:02:57+00:00

Canadian dollar weakens as coronavirus weighs on housing data

TORONTO (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar weakened against its U.S. counterpart on Wednesday, giving back some of the previous day’s gains as domestic housing data showed signs of economic damage from the coronavirus outbreak. Canadian housing starts fell 7.3% in March from the previous month in a sign that the coronavirus outbreak began to [...]

2020-04-08T15:19:11+00:00
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