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Toronto Airport’s Underwater Walkway to Open This Spring

Toronto Airport’s Underwater Walkway to Open This Spring

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Passengers flying out of Toronto’s Billy Bishop Airport have been accustomed to a unique additional step to reaching their gate when trying to catch a flight. Instead of being dropped off in front of the airport and walking inside to receive one’s boarding pass and go through security, travelers flying through Billy Bishop Airport must take a 90-second ferry ride across Lake Ontario to reach their gate. Billy Bishop Airport is located on an island in Lake Ontario, located two miles from the downtown area. While many passengers enjoy the ferry ride, others have complained that the quarter-hourly crossings cause a lot of stress for passengers trying to make their flight. 

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New Champlain Bridge construction: A project milestone for Canada (video)

New Champlain Bridge construction: A project milestone for Canada (video)

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Montreal's Champlain Bridge is one of North America's busiest spans, with 50 million vehicles crossing it each year. Increased traffic on the bridge, along with damage caused by road salt and other factors have caused considerable wear and tear to the structure, leading the Government of Canada to the decision to construct a new Champlain Bridge, starting 2015.

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Montreal’s interactive bridge changes color depending on weather, traffic and social media activity

Montreal’s interactive bridge changes color depending on weather, traffic and social media activity

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The Jacques Cartier Bridge, dating back to 1930,   is a steel truss cantilever structure over the St Lawrence River in Montreal, Quebec. Its illumination was the centerpiece of the city’s 375th and Canada’s 150th anniversaries, with 2,800 light fixtures that will light up the lively Old Port every night for the next ten years.  

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Concrete that traps CO2 emissions for good

Concrete that traps CO2 emissions for good

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A new method to produce concrete that traps harmful CO2 emissions and increases the compression strength is implemented by Carbocure, a Canadian Start-up company.

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A machine works at the Suncor Energy Inc. mine in this aerial photograph taken above the Athabasca oilsands near Fort McMurray.

Canada Pledges to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2030, No Regulations for Oil Sands

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Canada has announced new goals to greenhouse gas emissions to thirty percent below 2005 levels by 2030. The announcement has received criticism for not addressing the oil sands in Alberta. The pledge comes just prior to a meeting between the Canadian provinces in June and a major climate change conference in Paris in December. The pledge was formally submitted to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change on Friday.

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Canadian startup launches new underground bulk energy storage system

Canadian startup launches new underground bulk energy storage system

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It will be the first emission-free compressed-air storage plant

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North America’s largest coal plant is being replaced by a solar farm

North America’s largest coal plant is being replaced by a solar farm

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The plan was part of a larger Canadian initiative to reduce its carbon emissions

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$3 billion water management project initiates in Toronto

$3 billion water management project initiates in Toronto

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The first phase of a $3 billion project that aims in controlling stormwater and reducing sewer overflow in Toronto is launched.

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Scientists explore underwater active seismic fault

Scientists explore underwater active seismic fault

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The international team of scientists just finished exploring the seabed of the Pacific Ocean, offshore Alaska and British Columbia, in an effort to understand better the Queen Charlotte-Fairweather fault system.

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Bike lanes on urban roads

Investigation on the effect of bike lanes on urban roads

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A new research focuses on manipulating data to assume the best locations to install bike lanes in cities.

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