Advancing Municipal Infrastructure Innovation

A unique project team assembled by Communities of Tomorrow in 2010 was tasked with finding an innovative solution to the challenges associated with the repair and replacement of municipal water service connections. The project team consisited of public works and engineering staff members from seven Saskatchewan cities. They were joined by researchers and representatives from the National Research Council, University of Regina, SIAST, TR Labs, business experts and members of Communities of Tomorrow.

MINING IN ALBERTA -- there may be more going on than you realize

In Alberta, it goes without saying that energy is king. It’s so prevalent, in fact, that it even dominates other industries, like mining. Eleven of the province’s 15 major mining operations are focused on digging up either coal or oil sands products that will be used for energy. The other four are quarries filled with massive volumes of sand and gravel with an annual yield worth approximately $300 million to the provincial economy.
But while coal, oil sands, sand and gravel are the Alberta mining industry’s big four commodities, there are more than 40 minerals of commercial potential known to occur within the province’s boundaries. Here are a few of the more viable ones.
- Duncan Kinney

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PATRICK MOORE, CO-FOUNDER OF GREENPEACE SUPPORTS CANADIAN OILSANDS

Green Grouch Reality TV

Have you ever wondered who the two greenest Mayors in all of Canada are? From where we sit, we'd have to say Mayor Bill Given of Grande Prairie and Mayor Given of Red Deer. Both of these fantastic Mayors have been huge supporters of The GREEN GROUCH challenge. When we came up with the idea of converting the GREEN GROUCH concept into a Reality Television series, both of these Mayors generously agreed to let the GREEN GROUCH team interview them in a bid to help us use the video to try and convince television producers that it's a marketable idea. We simply can't thank these two fantastic Mayors enough. To hear their generous endorsement of our concept, click the link to the right.