It’s an easy task to introduce a town that has a history as illustrious and a future so bright as the Town of Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador. On what is affectionately known as The Rock, Gander sits on the north east coast of the mighty North Atlantic in Newfoundland and Labrador. Its [...]
Digital Connectivity and Lighting Solutions that Safeguard the Environment Technology and Products that Preserve and Protect the Environment Calgary-based Independent Energy Solutions (IES) is a leading specialist in the manufacturing of tailor-made client solutions in wireless monitoring solution packages, air quality monitoring, instrumentation, and gas detection, and more. But what sets IES [...]
Business Elite Canada interviews the Mayor of Torbay, NL, as it celebrates its 50th municipal anniversary in 2022. Although the municipality is celebrating its 50th anniversary, Torbay’s history goes back to the 1500s. A mid-size community by Newfoundland and Labrador standards, located on the doorstep on the capital city St. John’s, Torbay [...]
The first mass-timber academic building in Ontario is rapidly taking shape at Toronto’s Centennial College. The A-Block Expansion Project will have the potential to be the province’s first net-zero carbon, mass-timber, LEED Gold-certified higher education facility when completed in 2023. The $105-million addition to Centennial’s A-Block building forms the gateway to its [...]
Few construction companies have the legacy of Double V Construction—50 years of building British Columbia. Double V traces its history to the early 1960s, when all 10 of the Van Vliet brothers moved to British Columbia. Their early passion for construction and attention to detail is evident in early projects such as [...]
The Power Workers’ Union (PWU) is a proud Canadian Union, representing over 17,000 highly skilled and dedicated men and women in Ontario’s electricity sector. The largest Union in this industry, PWU Members are located throughout the province, keeping Ontario’s generating stations, electricity transmission and distribution systems, and telecommunication facilities running safely and [...]
Not every Canadian is familiar with medical isotopes, but they are positively impacting millions of Canadians’ health. How the Canadian Nuclear Isotope Council is further propelling Canada to the global stage in nuclear medicine. Did you know nuclear medicine is in the midst of a renaissance? Significant growth in radionuclide therapy and [...]
Incorporated in 1995 as part of the formation of the new Canadian territory, NCC was formed to build, own, and lease commercial and residential infrastructure required by the Government of Nunavut. Clarence Synard, who moved to Iqaluit in 1995 and has been with NCC Investment Group Inc. since 2005, is the current [...]
History of Giant Mine Gold was first discovered by prospectors in the Yellowknife area in 1896 in the rush of the Klondike Gold Rush. It wasn’t until the arrival of bush planes that the area became accessible and mining started, precipitating a gold rush that went unabated except for during the years [...]
Born and raised in Grise Fiord, Nunavut, Harry Flaherty’s early years in Canada’s most northern civilian community helped develop a strong understanding of the importance of family, community and self-reliance. A citizen of Iqaluit since 1975, Flaherty first foray into public service started with the Government of the Northwest Territories in 1979, [...]