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When design drawings circulated last week for the forthcoming Broadway Subway stations, some observers were struck by what was not there: namely, a whole bunch of development in the air overhead.
Designs for most new stations on the $2.8 billion subway line appear to show single-storey structures, which seems, at first glance, like a massive missed opportunity to develop that prime real estate in a way that serves the public good, especially with badly needed non-market rental housing or child care.
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Russell Hixson January 18, 2021 PROVINCE OF B.C. Simon Fraser University sits atop Burnaby Mountain in B.C. The school has been tasked with establishing a low carbon innovation centre as part of a national effort to reduce carbon pollution in major metro areas.
A new partnership aims to establish a series of innovation centres across the country to accelerate low carbon initiatives.
The Low Carbon Cities Canada (LC3) network is partnering with major cities and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities for the project, which will create and connect centres in Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Halifax.
From: Natural Resources Canada
The Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change, on behalf of the Honourable Seamus O’Regan Jr., Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, today announced that Simon Fraser University has been selected to establish an urban climate centre in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, through a $22-million federal investment.
In communities across the country, Canadians are feeling the impacts of climate change. By investing in new technologies and projects that reduce pollution and make our communities more resilient to climate change, we can create good, middle-class jobs and help Canadian companies compete in the transition to a low-carbon economy. This commitment is more important than ever as we plan our recovery from the COVID-19 crisis.