Oslo's Ambitious Plan to Decarbonize Its Port
The Port of Oslo is electrifying ferries and taking other steps to slash emissions: “It’s what is necessary if we are going to reach the Paris Agreement.”
The Timber Architecture Revolution Has Arrived in Norway. (Almost.)
Forest-rich Norway is a leader in building with lower-carbon structural wood. But it still lacks factories that can turn trees into building parts.
Montreal Gets a 'Remarkable' Chance to Build a New Neighborhood
A historic brewery on the St. Lawrence River will become a new mixed-use district, with a large share of subsidized and below-market-rate housing.
A Hated Expansion of Ottawa’s Chateau Laurier Will Go Ahead
The city council voted to approve an addition to the historic landmark over criticism that the design is “a travesty” and “frankly grotesque.”
In Montreal, 70,000 Households Move On the Same Day
Moving Day is a 269-year tradition in Quebec with no end in sight. It’s a most hectic experience in the province’s biggest city.
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New Taxes and Higher Density Aren’t Fixing Vancouver’s Housing Problem
To combat the exodus of its working and middle classes, the city needs an aggressive affordable housing strategy—and fast.
Will Ottawa Ever Get Its Light Rail?
Sinkholes, winter-weary trains, and political upheaval have held the Confederation Line light-rail transit back from a seriously overdue opening.
A Modernist Gas Station With a New Purpose
How an architecture firm turned a Mies van der Rohe-designed Esso in a remote section of Montreal into the La Station community center.
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First Nations in Canada Are Demanding Property Rights
Changing or abolishing the Indian Act in order to allow private land ownership may seem like a logical solution, but it’s not without its criticisms.
The Curious Politics of a Montreal Mega-Mall
The car-dependent suburb it’ll be built in wants to greenlight Royalmount against the city government’s wishes but it needs them to pay for the public infrastructure.
Canadian Basic Income Recipients Are Suing Their Government
After the program’s sudden cancellation, a three-judge panel hasn’t decided whether to uphold the Ontario government’s decision.
The Controversial Renovation of Montreal’s Beloved Public Park
Parc-Jean Drapeau’s redesign attempts to balance priceless serenity and outdoor art with profitable festivals. Many Montrealers are skeptical.
Quebec City’s Disappearing Agricultural Land
As agricultural areas are snatched up and transformed into new housing developments, one farmer keeps fighting.
Will Norway’s Electric-Vehicle Boom Outlast Its Incentives?
Norway is the world’s biggest per-capita market for electric vehicles, but incentives are being clawed back as Oslo aims to go car-free.
Norway’s Energy-Positive Building Spree Is Here
Oslo’s Powerhouse collective wants buildings that make better cities in the face of climate change.
The Skyscraper Dividing Quebec City
Le Phare would stand 65-stories high in Sainte-Foy, an old, low-lying suburb of the historic city.
The Unconventional Beauty of Montreal’s New Bonaventure Expressway
After years of political wrangling, planning, and construction, the new $141.7-million (CDN) Projet Bonaventure is actually pleasant, as far as expressways go.
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Will Quebec’s New, Pro-Highway Government Collide With Montreal?
A newly elected center-right party could put the province in ideological opposition to its biggest city, a left-leaning metropolis with a mayor that has promised better public transit, social inclusion, and sustainable development.
Finding Light Through the Concrete of Canada's Holocaust Monument
Daniel Libeskind brings his Deconstructivist aesthetic to Ottawa as a contemplation of the humanity and politics behind genocide.
In Montreal, a Transit Idea Heats Up a Mayoral Race
A proposed “Pink Line” would connect some of the poorer and more densely populated areas to downtown. The incumbent mayor is shrugging off his opposition’s idea.
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The Sign Painters of New Orleans
A distinctive local tradition is kept alive by a handful of mostly older black artists.