Better Trade Between The United States & Atlantic Canada by Sunjay Mathuria This past October, a 240-kilometre, divided four-lane highway officially connected St. Stephen to River Glade, New Brunswick. The project, Route 1 Gateway, is a part of the Borders Gateway initiative by the federal government and the provincial government of New Brunswick. The [...]
In April 2008, the province announced the Fort St. John Hospital and Peace Villa residential care project, an ambitious endeavor to build a new hospital and residential care building, which would provide modern healthcare facilities to the far reaches of northern British Columbia. After four years of planning, coordinating, construction and building, the two [...]
Hospitals are the cornerstones of healthcare delivery in Canada. They are places where people go in hopes of getting better – whether that means healing a broken leg with a cast, treating cancer with chemotherapy, or recovering from a prolonged illness. They are spaces where one should feel comfortable and well cared for. So [...]
Accommodating growth Over the past 10 years, Alberta has experienced tremendous growth. In 2011, Alberta’s population grew by 1.6 percent while the province’s economy expanded by 3.3 percent, with the employment increasing by more than 77 000. In the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, northeast of Edmonton, the average annual growth rate was [...]