April 29, 2026
Planning practices sustain racial inequities in transit and housing across Canada, and the GTHA is no different. Changes are needed. One solution starts with planning education: hiring faculty and attracting ...
After overseeing Mississauga’s transformation from a suburban archetype to a leading edge urban city, planning and building commissioner Ed Sajecki will step down from his position in April. NRU sat ...
Provincial planning reforms remain the biggest planning challenge in Durham Region. With over 80 per cent of its land base in the Greenbelt, Durham faces unique development constraints among regional ...
Behind every city’s changes, big or small, is a leader that pushed past the obstacles to make it happen. Exploring how mid-sized cities can successfully revitalize underutilized spaces for community ...
As a new conservation area is being constructed along the Mississauga lakeshore, photographers have been shooting behind the scenes to help lend a face to the work in progress. To ...
The provincial government is preparing to finalize its mapping of the region’s agricultural and natural heritage systems, amidst outstanding concerns that local nuances are not being sufficiently considered. To read ...
The region’s hot housing market, an amended Growth Plan, OMB reform, and municipal governance reviews dominated the news in 2017. No GTHA municipality has been immune to the development and ...
The TTC’s Line 1 extension into Vaughan opened Sunday to much fanfare, but questions remain over whether it will attract enough development and ridership to justify the expense. The six ...
A long awaited proposal to redevelop over 29 ha of former industrial lands along the Port Credit waterfront has been announced. Developers, city staff and politicians all agree—this site offers ...
The City of Mississauga’s energy management team has launched a year-long energy optimization program for city buildings, effective last week. The Race to Reduce initiative will track the electricity, gas ...
