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Canada spending $4.5M on Whitehorse community centre
The multi-use community recreation and wellness facility serves the City of Whitehorse and surrounding communities.
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Unused Ontario school to become community hub
An fast-growing Ontario town will transform a former elementary school into a community centre for vulnerable residents, with a number of social services, including a
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Design revealed for Ontario’s first net-zero community centre
The 95,000-square-foot facility will achieve net zero status through energy efficient design and renewable energy systems.
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Province buffs up funds for Bracebridge community centre
Ontario is investing more than $16 million to support the construction of a $22-million multi-use community centre in Bracebridge.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
New community and cultural centre set for Digby
The governments of Canada and Nova Scotia are providing $5.5 million towards building a new community and cultural centre in the municipality of Digby.
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Quebec municipal building to become community centre
The governments of Canada and Quebec are providing joint funding to transform a municipal building in the Municipality of Morin-Heights into a community centre.
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Meadowvale Community Centre officially re-opens
The City of Mississauga has re-opened the highly anticipated Meadowvale Community Centre after over two years of construction.
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Manitoba food centre to feed 500 people weekly
The NorWest Co-op Community Food Centre has officially opened in Winnipeg, Man., becoming the first facility of its kind in the city. Operated by the NorWest Co-op Community Health Centre (NorWest) in partnership with Community Food Centres Canada, the centre will help feed approximately 500 Winnipeg residents per week.
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Teen-focused YMCA planned for Coquitlam
The City of Coquitlam and the YMCA of Greater Vancouver have signed an Agreement in Principle to develop a new 50,000-60,000-square-foot community recreation facility in the Burquitlam community of Coquitlam, B.C. A site for the new facility has not yet been selected, though city officials are eyeing the location of the future Burquitlam Evergreen Line rapid transit station.
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Manitoba ACCESS centre enters construction
The Government of Manitoba has invested $8.9-million into the construction and development of a new bilingual ACCESS centre in St. Boniface, Man., scheduled for completion in summer 2016. ACCESS centres offer health and social services to community residents. These include public health, primary care, mental health, employment and income assistance, early learning and child care, children’s disability, community living disability, and home care services.
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$122.8-mil community centre opens in Clareview
A new 57,745-square-foot community centre has opened in Clareview, Edmonton. The $122.8-million project was financed by the City of Edmonton ($104.3-million) and the Government of Alberta ($18.5-million), through its Municipal Sustainability Initiative. The project was built to meet LEED silver standards through the incorporation of green roofs, energy-efficient mechanical and lighting systems, and reduced water consumption.