Ontario Moves to Ease Concerns About Feed In Tariff Contracts
August 3rd, 2011
Ontario’s Ministry of Energy released a directive on Tuesday that will make it more difficult for Ontario Power Authority (OPA) to cancel contracts signed under the Feed in Tariff (FIT) program. This reaction from the Ontario government seems to be in response to industry uncertainty prompted by Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak’s election platform to cancel the FIT program as well [...]
Construction set to Begin on Windsor South West Detention Centre
July 27th, 2011
Construction on the new $247 million jail in Windsor is set to begin this summer with completion planned for 2013. The project has been designed as a public private partnership and Forum Social Infrastructure was selected to design, build, finance and maintain the facility. As with all provincial jails this facility will be maximum security [...]
Durham Region Council Approves Energy from Waste Project
July 27th, 2011
The Durham Regional council voted on Tuesday to proceed with the planned $272 million energy from waste project in Clarington, just east of Oshawa. The project is a partnership with Covanta Energy Corp to build, maintain and operate the facility, which will burn 140,000 tonnes of energy per year. The facility should also produce 13.6 [...]
Province Cancels Planned Niagara to GTA Corridor Project
July 27th, 2011
The planned link between Niagara Falls and Hamilton, with connections to the 401 and 407 highways in Ontario, has been put on hold pending further analysis. Ministry of transportation spokesperson Kelly Baker said “we are not going to just assume we need to pave a mega highway through the escarpment.” Proponents of the project, including [...]
$344.5 million MaRS Discovery District Expansion Receives Funding
July 27th, 2011
Ontario Minister of Research and Innovation Glen Murray announced on Tuesday that the MaRS Discovery District in Toronto will receive a $23.3 million loan from Infrastructure Ontario to complete the development of Phase two of its expansion. According to MaRS CEO Ilse Treurnicht “the MaRS Centre has been at capacity since it opened six years ago, [...]
Making (Great) Places – Canadian Brownfields 2011
June 22nd, 2011
This year’s Canadian Brownfields conference is being held through October 3rd and 4th at the Allstream Centre in Toronto. The event will bring together stakeholders from governments, technology companies, architects law firms, engineers, environmental companies and the financial sector to network and discuss new trends and regulations in brownfield development.
North America Strategic Infrastructure Leadership Forum
June 15th, 2011
The North America Strategic Infrastructure Leadership Forum is being held in Washington D.C. from October 11-13, 2011. This year the Forum is bringing together more than 500 private and public sector executives to examine the Top 100 North American infrastructure projects. This year’s events will include Bill Holstein the author of The Next American Economy, [...]
Construction imminent for Canada’s largest wind farm
March 17th, 2011
CEO and president of Greengate Power Dan Balaban said that they had recently overcome “the last major regulatory approval we require to commence construction on the Blackspring Ridge project.” Alberta Utilities Commission has given approval to begin construction of the Blackspring Ridge I Wind Project. All that remains is for the company to finalize some [...]
Construction Begins Officially on New Consolidated Courthouse in Thunder Bay
February 25th, 2011
On Thursday Feb. 24th, 2011 the Honourable Chris Bentley, Attorney General, Bill Mauro, MPP for Thunder Bay-Atikokan, and the Honourable Michael Gravelle, MPP for Thunder Bay – Superior North, celebrated the official groundbreaking for the new Thunder Bay Consolidated Courthouse. The intention of consolidating the Superior Court of Justice and the Ontario Court of Justice [...]
