38 h. ago Work begins on East Vancouver detox facility 6 years after approval

The project on city land at East 1st Avenue and Clark Drive will include 97 non-market homes, along with a withdrawal centre. 

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42 h. ago City of North Vancouver approves $4.3 million plan to fix atmospheric river damage

While damage wasn't as serious as in the adjacent District of North Vancouver or Coquitlam, it was enough to cause sewer damage, localized flooding and 'significant creek erosion.'

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6 d. ago Parking lot next to Toronto park to be replaced by new community centre

A recently-closed parking lot facing a Toronto park is the proposed site of a new community centre.The City has announced plans for its Ramsden Park Community Recreation Centre, a new public facility planned to replace a former surface lot at 1020 Yonge St., immediately west of Rosedale Subway Station.The disused Toronto Parking Authority (Green P) surface lot along Yonge Street fronts onto Ramsden Park to the north and a City of Toronto Solid Waste Management Services facility to the west. Known as Car Park 269, it was a popular place for motorists visiting the public space until its permanent closure in mid-June 2023.While still very early on in the planning process, the City states that the new facility to be built on the lot's footprint will offer a six-lane, 25-metre-lane pool, a leisure pool, a gymnasium with a running track, multi-purpose spaces, and even access to Wi-Fi throughout the facility.The City plans to hire a design team for the project this Spring, followed by...

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9 d. ago Vancouver city council approves rental towers on former Safeway site in West Point Grey

The property is one of three former Safeways being redeveloped around the city and the first to get a green light

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1 week ago Toronto's most iconic landmarks would not exist if not for a suburban rail yard

Structures like the CN Tower and the Rogers Centre are known as Toronto landmarks by people across the globe, but these megastructures and so many other recognizable buildings in the city's downtown only exist thanks to a massive suburban rail yard built 60 years ago that set the stage for the 416 we know today.Just north of Toronto's northern city limit, the gargantuan CN MacMillan Yard stretches an impressive three kilometres from north to south, and as much as one kilometre across at its widest point.This sprawling assembly of infrastructure — bounded by Highway 407, Keele Street, Rutherford Road and Jane Street — is the second-largest rail yard in Canada, behind the Symington Yard in Winnipeg. While it may not be the country's largest, the 1965 opening of the MacMillan Yard served a sleeper role in one of the most transformative urban renewal projects in Canada's history, at least by association.However, while the suburb of Vaughan would be transformed prac...

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2 w. ago South Korean fighter mistakenly drops bomb near North Korean border, injuring 8 people

The air force said the fighter jets were taking part in the one-day firing drill with the U.S. military in Pocheon, a city close to the heavily armed border with North Korea

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2 w. ago Canadian Tire plans to restructure company for growth, will close stores

Canadian Tire Corp. Ltd. is rolling out a new strategy that will see it invest $2 billion over four years to restructure the company for growth but will also mean the closure of some stores. The Toronto-based retailer, which also owns SportChek, Party City and Mark’s, says its new True North plan will move the […]

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3 w. ago Vancouver’s supportive housing freeze draws support, condemnation

Supporters and opponents of a controversial plan to freeze new supportive housing in Vancouver are speaking out, a day after city council approved the proposal.

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3 w. ago Gunman sought after shooting victim rushed to hospital in city’s north end

Cops are on the hunt for a gunman after a shooting victim was rushed to hospital in the city’s north-end Weston neighbourhood. Toronto Police said they responded to the incident just before 6 p.m. on Wednesday in the Weston Rd.-Lawrence Ave. W. area after multiple shots were heard in the vicinity. SHOOTING: (UPDATE)Weston Rd & […]

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3 w. ago SmartStop Self Storage Launches Unique Art Contest to Celebrate Cities Across North America

LADERA RANCH, Calif. — SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. (“SmartStop” or the “Company“), is thrilled to announce an exciting art contest inviting artists from across North America to create unique, city- or region-themed designs. SmartStop will select 15 winners whose artwork best represents one of 15 designated cities or regions in the U.S. and Canada. […]

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