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Nova Scotia

Team mapping historical buildings in Halifax says city losing its ‘architectural inheritance’

Halifax, a city rich in history and heritage, is facing a crisis of disappearing historical buildings. A recent project called…

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US Election 2024

Voters decide on climate measures, reject initiative to tax natural gas powered buildings in California city

On Tuesday, voters in several states made critical decisions on ballot initiatives that would impact environmental and climate-related projects within…

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Canada

Why is there still no new plan to help Ontarians with disabilities get out of some buildings in an emergency?

The first time the fire alarm went off in Oda Al-anizi’s high-rise apartment in Toronto, he called security but found that…

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Canada

Car set on fire at home of the owner of Old Montreal buildings where fatal fires occurred

A car was deliberately set on fire in a driveway in Montreal’s West Island early Thursday morning, and Radio-Canada is…

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Canada

Bye-bye, basements? Climate change could force more buildings above ground

In July, torrential rains flooded basements across Ontario, causing $940 million in insured damages, and weeks later, caused nearly $2.5 billion…

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Canada

Ontario’s oldest stone buildings are in Niagara. A new book explores their ‘remarkable’ stories

You may not know by looking at it, but Ontario’s oldest building is a stone house in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. It…

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Lifestyle

Couple illegally scale the world’s tallest buildings together

What was your most thrilling first date? In 2016, two young Russians known for their extreme “rooftopping” adventures — where…

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Nova Scotia

Engineer concluded suspended N.B. engineer’s buildings risked collapse, seeks provincial review

A Halifax structural engineer has described some buildings by a suspended Moncton engineer as the scariest things he’s come across…

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Canada

Hundreds of buildings with Science Centre roof panels remain open

The same lightweight concrete roofing material blamed for safety risks at the Ontario Science Centre is used in hundreds of other…

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Lifestyle

N.S. news: Crafter uses abandoned buildings as inspiration for miniatures

John Eaton travels all around Nova Scotia looking for a particular kind of building that catches his eye. He’s not…

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