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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![Bird selected to complete five projects valued at $625M across Canada](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2018/11/BRITISH-COLUMBIA-e1542736559880-300x169.jpg)
Bird selected to complete five projects valued at $625M across Canada
MISSISSAUGA, ONT. — Bird Construction Inc. has been selected for five projects i...
Economic , Projects
![Frustration grows over Ontario Excess Soil Regulation compliance and enforcement](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2021/11/Bleasby_Climate6-01-300x169.png)
Frustration grows over Ontario Excess Soil Regulation compliance and enforcement
In December 2019, Ontario’s On Site and Excess Soil Regulation came into law in...
Government , Resource
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BoC considered waiting until July to cut interest rates, summary says
OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada’s governing council thought about waiting until July...
Economic
![Jacob Bros acquisition comes down to culture and strategic growth: Bird CEO](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/06/WF-jacbo-bros-acqusitionMainWEB-300x169.jpg)
Jacob Bros acquisition comes down to culture and strategic growth: Bird CEO
For Bird president and CEO Teri McKibbon the acquisition of Jacob Bros addressed...
Economic
![‘A lightbulb moment’: Bartender turns to welding for a second chance at career success](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/06/FRONT-DO-George-Brown-weldingMainWEB-AST-300x169.png)
‘A lightbulb moment’: Bartender turns to welding for a second chance at career success
For almost 25 years Lilly Lazare-Greene worked as a bartender in downtown Toront...
Labour
![Over 200 members of Indigenous communities across Canada gain valuable construction skills](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/06/FRONT-DO-Mohawk-College-C2R2-CWDP-Photo-4MainWEB-IPD-300x169.png)
Over 200 members of Indigenous communities across Canada gain valuable construction skills
More than 200 members of 14 Indigenous communities, including a sizable number o...
Labour
![Calgary’s can-do construction industry keeps dry during water emergency](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/06/PC-WatermainCollageMainWEB-300x169.png)
Calgary’s can-do construction industry keeps dry during water emergency
Like everyone else in Calgary, the city’s construction industry has been struggl...
Infrastructure
![Mount Pleasant building scales new heights thanks to zoning change](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/06/Foundation-1-mainweb-300x169.jpg)
Mount Pleasant building scales new heights thanks to zoning change
One of Vancouver’s oldest and trendiest areas is climbing to new heights, thanks...