Canada

A new study shows that supermarkets have migrated away from Canada's central and poorer neighborhoods, turning them into 'food deserts' with minimal access to more expensive food.

With their high concentrations of marginalized Aboriginal residents, the Canadian prairie cities of Saskatoon, Regina and Winnipeg are ranked the top 3 most "dangerous" cities in the country in the latest Macleans Magazine survey.

After opting to use an electric car instead of repairing her Volvo, Cori Howard wonders if the electric car has a future.

Canada's new federal budget allocates $500 million for public transit and makes a "permanent" commitment to allocating a portion of the gas tax to municipalities for infrastructure-related spending. But is it enough?

The age of the suburbs may be coming to an end in America, and conditions in Canada are even more ripe for this transition to urban density.

The latest figures from Statistics Canada on household spending show that Canadians are spending more for basics, including shelter and public transportation.

This op-ed calls on residents and historians to give more recognition to homes built in the last 50 years as true "historic" sites worth preservation.

A group of scientists has blasted the Canadian government for allowing tarsands oil exploration to wreak havoc on the environment, calling it the "most destructive project on Earth".

The economic influence of the Alberta oil sands is so powerful that it's draining working-age men -- and vitality -- from smaller communities across Canada.

A recent report from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities is calling on the federal government to keep up tis funding of housing and shelter programs after they expire in 2009.

While the Canadian provincial governments in British Columbia and Ontario have committed tens of billions of dollars to improving public transit, a corresponding federal investment in transit has yet to materialize.

A high-speed rail connection through the busy Windsor, Ont., and Quebec City corridor has been debated for years. However, the Ontario government's $100 billion infrastructure deficit and the rising cost of land may make it economically unfeasible.

Canadian officials will revisit plans to create a high-speed rail system connecting Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal.

Suburban and sprawling neighborhoods have been connected with disease and obesity in a new report.

A new Canadian study shows that people in smaller, less affluent cities are happier than those in larger, rapidly-growing ones.

The higher the concentration of fast food restaurants in a city, the fatter its residents, according to a recent study from the University of Alberta.

Owning a home may appeal to primitive happiness-seeking instincts, but the resulting suburban isolation and solitary commutes many people face may be making us profoundly unhappy, writes Charles Montgomery.

Integrating childcare facilities with the workplace is experiencing a slow but steady start in Canada, where some activists are trying to convince employers of the real economic benefits of bringing the kids to work.

A new report ranking Canada's cities in terms of their ability to attract skilled workers finds that looming demographic challenges and infrastructure deficits will require urgent attention from higher levels of government.

A recent editorial argues that creating cities that consume less energy and emit less pollution will also help us create attractive and healthy places to live.