By Anna Guy In the Halifax Harbour in early October, 2018, hundreds of shipyard workers, navy members, shipbuilders and dignitaries gathered at the Irving Shipyard to christen HMCS Harry DeWolf. Following Royal Canadian Navy traditions, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau was given the honour of breaking a bottle of champagne against the ship’s 103-metre long bow, [...]
19th Century Architecture, 21st Century Technology The conversation to restore the Voltigeurs de Québec Armoury began the moment the 2008 fire was put out. A national historic site built in the 1880s, there was no questioning the significance of the building—home to the oldest French-Canadian regiment still in existence—in Québec. Ten years after the [...]
GO Transit History By Anna Guy The GO Transit expansion will bring more train trips to every GO rail corridor making it faster and easier for Whitby residents to travel throughout the GTHA and surrounding communities. Well known as a commuter suburb to the east of the GTA, Go Transit is a major part [...]
By Anna Guy Winston Churchill once said, “We shape our buildings, and they shape us.” And so it is with Western University’s new Amit Chakma Engineering Building: a new structure that will both shape and reflect Western’s status as a leading Canadian institution. Prominently located on Western Road directly across from the Richard Ivey [...]
Graham- Metrotown Station and ExchangeUpgrade project For nearly a century, Graham Construction has contributed to the construction industry’s biggest and most innovative projects—in fact, the company’s inaugural project was no less than building railway stations for the Canadian Pacific Railway. Today, Graham is a multi-billion dollar company with a roster of industrial, building, and [...]
Click to view Brochure Hamilton, Ontario, nicknamed Steel City for its 150-year history as a steel-making town, is one of the country’s most highly industrialized areas— 60 per cent of Canada’s steel is produced in Hamilton. Steel has done a lot of good for the region, but it hasn’t been without its negative consequences. [...]
The 107-year-old Historic City Hall in Calgary is getting a facelift Click to view Brochure By Anna Guy The great fire of 1886 changed the face of downtown Calgary. Before the fire, most of the city’s buildings were made of timber; after, they were built of inflammable materials like sandstone and brick, earning Calgary [...]
The Gateway to Newfoundland Click to view Brochure The St. John’s International Airport unveiled Phase One of a two-phase expansion project in July, 2018. Travellers can now enjoy a 40 per cent expansion in the first-floor check-in area, a departures lounge that is twice the size, three times the seating, a children’s play centre [...]
Esquimalt Harbour Projects The Royal Canadian Navy is getting a new parking spot worthy of a first-class modern navy. On the southern tip of Vancouver Island, the Canadian Pacific Fleet finds its home. The naturally deep and well protected harbour has been a continually important military site since the mid 19th century and [...]
Joyce Centre for Partnership and Innovation In a precedent-setting commitment to experiential learning and environmental leadership, Mohawk College’s Joyce Centre for Partnership and Innovation will be the largest net-zero building in Canada. Located at the college’s Fennell campus in Hamilton, Ontario, the Joyce Centre’s finishing sign went up on June 12, and [...]