Special Feature
Municipal Report
Below are articles from the latest Municipal Report Special Feature, published April 9, 2018 by the Journal of Commerce.
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Feature Articles - Municipal Report
![Vancouver set to build Canada’s first Passive House fire hall](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2018/04/Fire-Hall-17-renderings-CMYK-e1523023864929-300x169.jpg)
Vancouver set to build Canada’s first Passive House fire hall
The City of Vancouver is building Canada’s first fire hall built to a Passive Ho...
Infrastructure , Projects
![Feds say high-tech “superclusters” throughout Canada will grow regional economies](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/11/Government_03-768x432.jpg)
Feds say high-tech “superclusters” throughout Canada will grow regional economies
In its February 2018 budget, the federal government announced it will spend $950...
Economic , Government
![$13 billion in rapid transit contracts loom in B.C. and Alberta](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2018/04/Calgary-Green-Line-PAGE-TWO-cmyk-1-e1523024673902-300x168.jpg)
$13 billion in rapid transit contracts loom in B.C. and Alberta
The Alberta government’s 2018 budget pledge of $1.53 billion for light rapid tra...
Government , Infrastructure
![Vancouver, Abbotsford-Mission to lead 2018 economic growth: Conference Board](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/11/pexels-photo-e1511816728476-300x169.jpg)
Vancouver, Abbotsford-Mission to lead 2018 economic growth: Conference Board
OTTAWA — Vancouver and Abbotsford-Mission are forecast to be the fastest growing...
Economic
![New Westminster ready for significant investment in new pool and centre facilities](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/11/Economic_04-768x432.jpg)
New Westminster ready for significant investment in new pool and centre facilities
A major design contract for the $83.5 million replacement of New Westminster’s C...
Projects
![Municipalities of two minds regarding 2018 federal budget](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/11/Government_01-768x432.jpg)
Municipalities of two minds regarding 2018 federal budget
Canadian municipalities had a mixed reaction to the 2018 federal budget. On the...
Economic , Government
![Is there a housing crisis solution in Vancouver and other B.C. municipalities?](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/11/Projects_08-768x432.jpg)
Is there a housing crisis solution in Vancouver and other B.C. municipalities?
Any BC tenant or renter or anyone who wants to buy a home knows that many munici...
Economic , Government
![Two Saskatoon interchanges ready to install girders](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2018/03/SASKATCHEW-MAIN-AN-website_-_mcormond_renderings-e1522171075654-300x168.jpg)
Two Saskatoon interchanges ready to install girders
SASKATOON — The interchanges on McOrmond Drive and College Drive and at Boychuk...
Infrastructure , Projects
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