Toronto subway station leads the way north

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York University will be one of the stops along the Toronto Transit Commission's subway extension. Designed by James McGrath from Foster & Partners, the station will be Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)-compliant.

A subway extension from Toronto's Downsview station to the city of Vaughan is expected to be complete late 2015, and its new green station designs have been revealed.

CSC Vancouver Island Chapter forms

A new chapter has literally begun for CSC, with the official introduction of the Vancouver Island Chapter.

Wood discussions in Burlington, Ont.

Tomorrow, CSC's Hamilton/Niagara Chapter will present a lunchtime seminar on applications and trends in Canadian and European wood products.

Canada's housing renovation spending reached $40.3 billion last year

The renovation spending for alterations and improvements to housing grew by 2.8 per cent and reached about $40.3 billion in 2009, accounting for approximately three-quarters of total renovation spending.

Québec team wins design competition for Montréal cultural centre

The team of Atelier Big City, Fichten Soiferman et Associés, and L'OEUF was chosen as the winner of the architectural design competition for Montréal's future Notre-Dame-de-Grace Cultural Centre.

Construction Canada publisher garners top woman entrepreneur ranking

Ellen Kral, publisher of Construction Canada (Kenilworth Media Inc.), has been named one of Canada's Top Women Entrepreneurs 2010 by PROFIT magazine.

First Canadian training centre for polymer-based heating systems

REHAU, a global polymer-processing company, has opened the first permanent Canadian training centre for plastic-based heating systems in Burlington, Ont.