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
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
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
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
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
A major design contract for the $83.5 million replacement of New Westminster’s C...
Projects

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?
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
SASKATOON — The interchanges on McOrmond Drive and College Drive and at Boychuk...
Infrastructure , Projects
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Country’s top economists share 2021 predictions during webinar from Economic Club of Canada
A who’s who of top economists in Canada shared predictions on the pandemic and t...
Economic , Labour

Study finds workplace levels of COVID-19 protection directly linked to mental health
Providing adequate COVID-19 protection in the workplace not only helps prevent t...
OH&S

A decade in the making: $47-million Alberta spillway project taking shape
After roughly a decade of planning and preparation, the Municipal District of Ta...
Government , Infrastructure

Poor 2020 apprenticeship numbers not unexpected say stakeholders
National construction industry stakeholders are not ready to sound alarm bells d...
Economic , Labour

Inoculated work-from-homers will head back to the office in mid-2021
Reflecting the depressing impact of COVID-19 on the demand for office space in C...
Economic

EllisDon signs contract for New Westminster hospital project
NEW WESTMINSTER — EllisDon has been picked to design and build the second phase...
Infrastructure , Projects

Retail looks to pivot in new directions, redefining the typical shopping mall
The pandemic is speeding up structural problems in the retail industry, not crea...
Economic , Projects , US News

Bockstael Construction announces new president in succession planning shuffle
WINNIPEG — Bockstael Construction has a new president. The Manitoba company ann...