Joint Partnership Provides Exemplary Utilities-related services By Anna Guy In 2015, Aecon Group and the Six Nations of the Grand River Development Corporation formed a joint venture agreement. In three short years, the partnership has evolved into an industry-leading example of corporate Canada and First Nations partnership. “A partnership of this nature, with [...]
Leaders in remote tourism and logging Committed to Economic Growth By Anna Guy On traditional territory on the west side of James Bay, Ontario, the Moose Cree Fist Nation (MCFN) has a long history of economic progress, notably from a history in the fur trade. Today, the Moose Cree First Nations’ are engaged [...]
Defining the Places We Live, Work, and Play By Anna Guy In April of 2016, Cornelia Hahn Oberlander became the recipient of the inaugural Governor General’s Medal in Landscape Architecture, an award that raises the profile of Landscape Architecture in this country to new heights. If you’ve ever felt welcomed to the National [...]
Prepared for Takeoff By Anna Guy Ask anyone, anywhere in the world about Niagara Falls, and they’ll most likely know exactly what you are talking about. Such was the experience of Len O’Connor. While he was working for aviation contractors with the United Nations in Northern Africa, people would ask him where we [...]
PUBLIC SERVICES AND PROCUREMENT CANADA SUCCESS By Anna Guy From the outside, the new and improved Wellington Building looks as glamourous as it did when it originally opened in 1927—but the inside is 21st Century engineering and design at its finest. Tourists, politicians and Ottawa citizens have appreciated the historic Wellington building since [...]
A NEW EDMONTON, A NEW SKYLINE By Anna Guy Cities around the world are defined by signature architecture. The CN Tower, Empire State Building, and the Sydney Opera House set the scene and serves as symbols for their city, and even their country. When Edmonton’s 100-year-old Walterdale Bridge was determined to need replacing, [...]
By Anna Guy Calgary’s Northwest quadrant, nestled amidst the knobs and kettles (unique undulating landscape formed from glacial deposits and depressions) is the site for the new Rocky Ridge Recreation Facility. One of four new recreation facilities slated for the city in an ambitious plan to meet the needs of Calgary’s growing population and [...]
A HUGE DRAW IN SYLVAN LAKE, ALBERTA By Anna Guy On May 12, 2017, the ribbon on the NexSoure Centre in Sylvan Lake was officially cut, an important milestone in an ambitious development plan by the town. With its beautiful lakefront, water skiing, fishing, and camping, Sylvan Lake, has been well known for [...]
20 Years of Innovative Service From a three-man operation in 1997, to upward of 90 employees in recent years, Alcro Electric has a lot to celebrate on their 20th anniversary. The energy industry can be fickle, and making it this long is no small feat. Voytek Lukasiewicz, President of Alcro Electric, attributes their [...]
Global manufacturing in Chilliwack, B.C. By Anna Guy It is a Canadian success story; for more than a century, Ironside has been a mainstay for metal work in Chilliwack. Every week, trucks leave Ironside Design Manufacturing’s 70,000-square-foot facility in Chilliwack, B.C. carrying products destined to be shipped around the world. The company has [...]