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 [...]
Making Oil Refining Safe For The Future By Cheryl Long It’s the first refinery to be built in Canada in more than 30 years and if that isn’t attention-grabbing enough, the NWR Sturgeon Refinery will be the first in the world to design and implement key processes aimed at meeting North America’s new standard [...]
Preserving indigenous values through entrepreneurship By Rajitha Sivakumaran Click to view Brochure The territory surrounding the Thompson and Nicola rivers in the southern interior of British Columbia has a profound history and in much of this story, the Scw’exmx, the people of the creeks, play a large role. Throughout the ages, this [...]
Starting the engines for the Canadian Motor Speedway By Jacquelin Bhandari Click to view Brochure If you live anywhere in southern Ontario, you’ll know that when the ice melts, the minds of racing enthusiasts turn to motorsports. Even the smaller towns have their own oval tracks, road courses, karting tracks and drag [...]
By Emily Innes Click to view Brochure The City of Dorval, which is located 20 kilometres from downtown Montreal, is home to an international airport, a lake, a marina, and now, a $20-million aquatic and sports complex. In 2011, Mayor Edgar Rouleau announced that the city would build the Dorval Aquatic and [...]
Lethbridge’s outstanding recreational facility By Cheryl Long Click to view Brochure When the Crossings Leisure Complex in Lethbridge is opened to the public in 2019, it will very well change the way the city’s residents spend many of their recreational hours. The $151-million, two-phase project, which was introduced back in 2007 in [...]
Connecting People and Communities to Excellent Health Services ~ By Cheryl Long Click to view Brochure It’s not uncommon for residents of Manitoba’s Interlake Region to travel hours for specialized medical procedures. Though the area’s regional hospital in Selkirk provides a full spectrum of health services, more extensive tests such as an [...]