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In the past five years, the proportion of condos with this type of electric heating has more than doubled to five per cent in Ontario, Reitsma estimates.  Lloyd Jacobs, general manager of FortisBC Alternative Energy Services, which has installed geothermal systems in dozens of multi-residential buildings in B.C., said there is "a huge demand" for alternative heating systems in large buildings that might have been heated by fossil fuels or baseboard heaters in the past. Traditionally, a challenge for geothermal energy is the high cost of digging and installing the borefield — that is, the l...

Canada jay numbers in southern Ontario decreasing because of climate change, study suggests Stephanie Dubois © Submitted by Amy Newman The number of Canada jays in southern Ontario is falling because the birds' food supply is affected by the more frequent freeze-thaw days that have been occurring because of climate change, a new study in the Global Change Biology suggests. The number of Canada jays in southern Ontario is decreasing because of more frequent freeze-thaw days due to climate change, according to recently published research. The birds' winter food stock was com...

Sutton ends iconic, influential career with Howard Hughes By Jeff Forward, Staff writer Iconic and multi-faceted Howard Hughes Corp. executive Alex Sutton retired Dec. 4 after 26 years of helping to create The Woodlands. Although he’ll no longer be going into the office each day, he doesn’t need to go far to be reminded of his impact on what is considered one of the top master-planned communities in America. Sutton, with his wife Sharon, resides along The Woodlands Waterway — the 1.8 mile canal he helped make a reality after his partner in design — Robert Heineman — ...