By Tina Costanza A $205-million West Side Modernization Project at Port Saint John in Saint John, New Brunswick, will boost shipping opportunities that will have positive impacts on the economy at the local, provincial and national levels. In partnership with the Government of Canada and the Province of New Brunswick, the project [...]
Upgrade and Modernization Transformers Wastewater Into Clean Water By Tina Costanza If there’s one thing the citizens of Dieppe, Moncton and Riverview are passionate about, it’s the Petitcodiac River that flows through that tri-community in New Brunswick. It’s where residents and visitors enjoy recreational activities, such as surfing the tidal bore, boating [...]
Montreal’s Groundbreaking New Bus Garage Upon completion in 2022, Montreal’s new Bellechasse bus garage will be the first bus garage in North America to be fully underground! Business Elite Canada interviewed Guillaume Leroux, project manager for Bellechasse bus garage, about the current state of this groundbreaking project. BEC: Please give a brief [...]
Dieppe's Economy and Residents To Delight In Multipurpose Uniplex The largest project in the city of Dieppe, New Brunswick’s history is on track to open its doors for the first time to serve as a multipurpose and intergenerational facility and economic boost to the region. Called UNIplex, after the provincial co-op bank [...]
Province's First Public-Private Project Yields Long-Term Care Home It’s said that good things happen in threes, and that’s just what appears to have happened in Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador. The construction and opening of a new state-of-the-art long-term care home has created jobs, relieved the health-care system, and marked the completion [...]
Unprecedented investment to improve and rehabilitate infrastructure It’s interesting to consider what the builders of the Trent-Severn Waterway National Historic Site—who spent years of manual labour to create the massive lock system to facilitate transportation of lumber to supply the construction boom in lower Ontario—would think of their creation if they could [...]
Nuclear Power Station Hitting Refurbishment Goals By Tina Costanza Canada’s largest clean-energy project, the decade-long refurbishment of Ontario Power Generation’s Darlington Nuclear Generating Station, has begun to hit milestones as it boosts Ontario’s economy. The refurbishment marks the first time a project of this scope has been undertaken within the station’s 30-year [...]
Transforming Travel Around Montreal By Anna Guy It has been described by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as “one of the most ambitious public transportation projects in our history.” The Réseau Express Métropolitain (REM), is Montreal’s new automated light rail network which will, upon completion, transform how millions of people get around the [...]
Region of Kitchener Waterloo’s Rapid Transit Service Moving More Than People By Anna Guy The Region of Waterloo ON, has recognized the need to strategically tackle an expanding urban core and population growth. According to the Province's Growth Plan, the Waterloo Region's population will reach 742,000 by 2031, making it one of [...]
Saskatchewan is an energy giant, with the most diverse primary energy resource base in Canada. Premier Scott Moe’s government espouses investing in infrastructure that promotes clean energy solutions to creating a strong low-carbon economy and sustainable future. The Chinook Power Station, which went online in December 2019, is a big piece of the puzzle [...]