On April 4, 2023, the first GO Trains on the Barrie Line travelled over the Davenport Diamond on the new guideway, and above the CP freight rail tracks. The Davenport Diamond in Toronto, ON, was one of the North America’s busiest train intersections. It’s a key economic corridor where passenger rail [...]
Thanks to the new, ultramodern water treatment facility, 80,000 people in Drummondville, Quebec will have the highest quality drinking water available. Designed to accommodate 30 years of growth—with population growth predicted to be 100,000—the new plant will meet the current standards of the Quebec Regulation and also exceed many requirements. Some standards [...]
The Region of Waterloo is using innovative green technology to deliver a significant project in alignment with its environmental stewardship goals for the environment and climate action. Waterloo’s Cogeneration Facilities capture 100 per cent of its biogas and convert it to green energy to power the plant’s electricity and heating needs—saving approximately [...]
The City of Sault Ste. Marie is about to get a major upgrade in their wastewater treatment. Approximately 25,000 people fall into the area treated by the West End Wastewater Treatment located at 55 Allen’s Side Road. Originally commissioned in 1985, it is one of two wastewater treatment plants servicing the City’s [...]
For more than 40 years, the G.H. Dawe Community Centre has provided recreation and cultural opportunities for Red Deer and Central Alberta. With it being in operation for four decades, it has given parents the opportunity to skate with their children on the same rinks they grew up on and swim in [...]
By 1920, after almost a century of construction, all of the Trent-Severn’s linkages—over 40 locks, 50km of man-made canals, and approximately 150 dams—created a fully-navigable system that is used and beloved as a recreational boating and world-famous tourist destination with over a million visitors every year. Parks Canada structures can be [...]
“The Calgary Stampede celebrates the people, the animals, the land, the traditions, and the values that make up the unique spirit of the west.” It’s no surprise that the Calgary Stampede’s BMO Centre’s GM, Greg Newton, would summarize what makes the Stampede a special Canadian tradition so succinctly. Being so close to [...]
It houses the documents on which the Canadian nation is formed. Library and Archives Canada’s Preservation Storage Facility preserves, protects, maintains, and stores centuries of invaluable Canadian archival records. The outstanding variety of media—from books to manuscripts, film, audio recordings, photographs, maps, medals, and more—combine to tell the stories of Canadian history. [...]
Edmonton’s Valley Line Southeast LRT is a new low-floor transit system designed to fit into neighbourhoods—not take you out of them. Valley Line will offer passengers an LRT experience that is accessible and connected to areas where Edmontonians live, work and play. Edmonton’s transportation needs are growing faster than infrastructure can keep [...]
MacKimmie Tower is re-energizing the University of Calgary’s main campus by creating additional space for classrooms, administrative support units and departments, while setting new standards for environmental design. It was seen as a win/win/win situation. When the University of Calgary’s decades-old library building started to show its age, the university saw an [...]