Journal of Commerce

CALGARY, ALTA. — The tech behemoth behind Facebook and Instagram says it plans to make Alberta home to its first artificial intelligence data centre in Canada, and its largest outside the United States. Meta announced Wednesday that the $13-billion-plus project is to be built in Sturgeon County, in the Industrial Heartland region north of Edmonton. The one-gigawatt data centre will be powered by a natural gas-fired plant to be built by a consortium that includes Calgary-based Pembina Pipeline Ltd.

METRO VANCOUCER — Metro Vancouver’s new Housing Data Dashboard has launched and is being touted as an interactive tool that provides an overview of the region’s housing market and the people it impacts. “As our region continues to grow, access to reliable housing data is more important than ever,” said Metro Vancouver board chair Mike Hurley in a statement.

COQUITLAM, B.C. — More seniors in Coquitlam, B.C. will soon have access to safe, affordable homes, as construction is underway on 158 new rental units across two developments. The developments are a result of a partnership under the Community Housing Fund between the province, through BC Housing, the City of Coquitlam and S.U.C.C.E.S.S., a non-profit housing provider that will own and operate the homes.

OTTAWA – Environmental groups say they wanted to see a more concrete commitment to decarbonization in the proposal put forward for a pipeline to the B.C. coast backed by the Alberta and federal governments. Representatives from both the Pembina Institute and Clean Prosperity said the proposal should have included a solid commitment to finalizing the Pathways carbon capture project.

VANCOUVER – British Columbia has been leading the co-development of a western and northern Canadian critical-minerals strategy that will expand development and processing throughout the region, working in partnership with Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut.

In this six-part Journal of Commerce feature series, BC 1 Call examines one of the few industries where success is measured by what doesn’t happen. Its greatest achievements rarely make the news, while a single, avoidable mistake can bring everyday life to an abrupt halt. Beneath British Columbia lies one of the most sophisticated engineering achievements ever assembled. It was built and protected over generations.

IQALUIT – A massive plan to formally guide where, how and when land and water can be used in Canada’s easternmost territory has been rejected by the federal and Nunavut governments, as well as a group representing Inuit in the territory. The Nunavut land-use plan went through four drafts since 2007 and, during that time, the Nunavut Planning Commission held hundreds of meetings, technical workshops, hearings and interviews across the territory’s 25 communities and in northern Manitoba.

VANCOUVER — The projected cost of replacing the George Massey Tunnel in Metro Vancouver has ballooned to $8.5 billion, more than double the previous budget, the provincial transportation minter said Monday.

CALGARY, ALTA. – Calgarians can once again gather, cycle and connect along the Bow River as the city officially reopened Pumphouse Park recently following construction of the revitalized riverside destination. Located beside the historic Pumphouse Theatre, the improvements enhance the park’s role as a community gathering place while improving access to the surrounding pathway network, states a release.

VANCOUVER – British Columbia Premier David Eby says a joint federal-provincial plan to convert unsold condominiums into affordable housing would be like buying something “on liquidation.” Eby and Prime Minister Mark Carney were in Vancouver recently announcing a multibillion-dollar agreement on energy, resources and transportation investments, but they also defended their plan to buy empty condos that has been roundly criticized.