Canada

An enormous fire in Edmonton that destroyed a condo development under construction and damaged more than 70 nearby duplexes has resulted in calls to upgrade Canada's building codes.

New Statistics Canada data suggests that a large number of seniors are going to be retiring in suburbia, which is poorly suited to meeting their needs.

A new report cites poverty and a lack of a national housing strategy for the dramatic increase in homelessness in Canada.

After a plan to add bike lanes falls behind schedule, cycling activists paint their own bike lanes.

Margaret Wente lists Chicago's strengths and criticizes Toronto's mayor for the city's problems.

What it will take to provide needed shelter before the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games?

David Suzuki has attained rock-star status as a passionate icon of Canada's green movement.

The growing population of single-person households may be an ecological time bomb, suggests Heidi Sopinka.

Like many of their American counterparts, Canadian municipalities aren't waiting for their federal government to act on environmental issues, and are taking some bold initiatives of their own to reduce resource consumption and pollution.

Mohawk Indians in Canada have parked a bus on a busy rail line, effectively cutting off transit between Toronto and Ottawa. They are protesting against the government's use of their ancestral land for gravel mining.

Toronto's Robert Freedman and Vancouver's Brent Toderian offer their thoughts on good city building.

This study investigates the value travelers place on qualitative factors such as comfort, convenience, security and reliability, and practical ways to quantify these values for transport planning and project evaluation.

Two small Canadian communities may become North American leaders in the drive to eliminate plastic bags from their waste streams.

Newly announced plans by the government to create a Canadian National Trust dismays leaders of the Canadian Heritage Foundation, who wonder if they are being replaced over political differences.

Canadians shopping for a new car will get a rebate for purchasing hybrids, and a penalty for purchasing a gas-guzzler.

The Canada Lands Company refurbishes surplus military bases into New Urbanist neighborhoods.

The most recent Canadian Census shows that Canada is rapidly urbanizing. Unfortunately, writes Jeffrey Simpson, its systems of government and economic development strategies are stuck in a rural past.

Early results coming in from Canada's census show a shift to urban areas and high population growth, mainly due to immigration.

Proposals to transfer revenue from gasoline taxes are floated as local leaders demand greater funding from the national government.

What do you do when you've been living a car-free lifestyle and you win a brand new car?