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Celebrity investor Kevin O’Leary wants to bankroll an artificial intelligence data centre in rural Utah that he says would be nearly identical to his proposed $70-billion, 7.5-gigawatt AI data centre campus in northern Alberta. But the Utah project is already facing fierce opposition from some residents worried about the environmental …
Read More »A Canadian helped build a water plant in Gaza. Now he worries about its fate as aid groups leave over new law
At the Doctors Without Borders water plant tent in central Gaza, Craig Kenzie carefully watches the machine he helped put together roar with life. After two years of war and limited access to water, this machine built mostly using scrap parts now provides tens of thousands of litres of clean …
Read More »Soaring renovation costs in Quebec force homeowners to rethink how they build, budget
When Gilbert Hajj walks through his family home in Baie-D’Urfé, Que., these days, he moves like someone navigating a maze — pointing to walls that are staying, those that are going, and spaces that will soon serve new purposes. “This becomes an office… this is a pantry… then we have …
Read More »Many Canadians are spending less time with friends. How can we build deeper connections?
LISTEN | Toronto Dingos host weekly “Wednesday Waffle” check-ins: Now or Never53:52From the night sky to your old wedding videos, here’s what you’re trying to save right now Every Wednesday, members of the Toronto Dingos send a life update to their group chat. “You just take 30 seconds to a …
Read More »From Amazon to Lockheed Martin, these companies are helping build Trump’s contentious White House ballroom
The Democrats are promising to investigate how President Donald Trump and his administration moved ahead with a White House demolition that has proceeded at a rapid pace, as Americans have posted “RIP East Wing 1902-2025” on social media platforms. The East Wing was essentially fully gone by Thursday, after construction …
Read More »Italy yet again plans to build a bridge to Sicily. It may succeed, thanks to NATO spending push
Italy is once again pushing ahead with a plan to link the mainland with Sicily in a massive infrastructure project that, even if everything goes according to plan, will take nearly eight years and 13.5 billion euros to construct. The Strait of Messina Bridge will be “the biggest infrastructure project …
Read More »Ontario needs to build more than 2 million homes in the next decade: internal docs
Ontario’s target of building 1.5 million homes by 2031 may not be enough to meet demand, civil servants have told the province’s new municipal affairs minister, saying that 2.1 million homes could instead be needed to improve affordability. The estimates come in briefing materials provided to Minister Rob Flack, as …
Read More »In wake of U.S. strikes, Iran faces a pivotal choice: dash to build a weapon or negotiate
Hiding key Iranian nuclear facilities deep under a mountain made them that much harder for U.S. and Israeli weapons to reach. It will also make it more difficult to assess just how successful the historic U.S. strikes against them overnight Saturday were and more challenging to predict Iran’s next steps. In his statement …
Read More »Not-for-profits are racing to save affordable apartments. But critics say we should just build new ones
Marleny Ozuna Felix seems to have won the lottery of landlords. For as long as she stays in her building, the single mother of three has a guarantee that her home will remain affordable. She pays $964 per month for a one-bedroom apartment in Burnaby, B.C. — roughly $1,390 cheaper …
Read More »10 new Indigenous patient navigators will help build trust, Horizon manager says
Horizon Health Network is hiring 10 new Indigenous patient navigators, bringing the network’s total to 12. The network has seen the benefits of having people in this role since Indigenous patient navigators were hired for Fredericton and Miramichi hospitals in 2022, said Aaron Hatty, Horizon’s regional manager of Indigenous health programming. “We have seen many …
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