The Abbotsford School Board was informed Monday that the district has officially been awarded a FEMA grant for the construction of a storm shelter and multi-purpose dome. “What I can tell you, in case you have not heard, the Abbotsford School District did win the FEMA grant officially on May 7,” superintendent Sherry Baker told board members. “All systems are ...

SoLVBL Solutions Inc. an innovative cybersecurity company that provides proprietary SaaS based data authentication, which uniquely features advanced cryptography for data authentication and operates at unprecedented speed and scalability, is pleased to announce that it has won the proposal for a non-fungible tokenization product and the associated licensing of Q by SoLVBL™ to an international private … SoLVBL Solutions Inc. (CSE: ...

Looking to get a handle on a growing staff, Wellesley Township will carry out an organizational review, with the council this week putting the plan in motion. The township will issue a request for proposals (RFP) to be completed by October 31, expecting bids to come in at $45,000 to $65,000. Funding for the review will come from the provincial ...

– Company-sponsored program seeks proposals to help patients in the U.S. make informed health choices and support underserved populations with these conditions – – Submission process opens on World Lupus Day, Monday May 10, deadline to submit proposals is June 1, 2021 – VICTORIA, British Columbia & ROCKVILLE, Md.– Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: AUPH / TSX: AUP) (Aurinia or the Company) today, ...

NIAGARA FALLS Full board interviews in private in executive director search. The full Niagara Falls Water Board met in a closed-door executive session Tuesday night to conduct interviews with an undisclosed number of candidates to fill the agency’s vacant executive director position. The quest for a new executive director has been largely shrouded in secrecy since the board acted, at ...

EDMONTON – Alberta Health Services is issuing a Request for Proposals as it seeks to increase the number of publicly-funded surgeries in the province. Today’s RFP is for ophthalmology chartered surgical facilities (CSF). “Cataract and ophthalmology surgeries have long waitlists with many Albertans waiting longer than is clinically appropriate,” says AHS vice president, Quality, and chief medical officer Dr. Francois ...

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RFP includes design, construction, financing and maintenance The province has issued a request for proposals for a new Thunder Bay correctional complex, which would replace the Thunder Bay District Jail (pictured) and the Thunder Bay Correctional Centre.  A long-awaited new correctional complex in Thunder Bay has taken a step forward, after the Ontario government issued a request for proposals (RFP) ...

‘Hopefully, they’ll keep the local employees on,’ Towtongie says Rankin Inlet Mayor Harry Towtongie stands in front of the adult group home in his community. As of April 1, the hamlet no longer holds the contract to operate the home, which has seven residents and employs 14 locals. The mayor of Rankin Inlet says he’s upset to learn the Government ...

‘This is not a decision we undertook lightly, but the pandemic has caused financial pressures that are, quite simply, beyond our control,’ says official YMCA Geneva Park. NEWS RELEASEYMCA OF SIMCOE/MUSKOKA****************************The YMCA of Simcoe/Muskoka announced today that it will begin a process to sell Geneva Park, its leadership and conference centre on Lake Couchiching. The sale of the property, a ...

The RFP covers government buildings in the province of Alberta. The Government of Canada has launched Requests for Proposal to buy new clean electricity in the province of Alberta to power federal operations there. Canada also will buy Renewable Energy Certificates (REC) from new clean energy generation in Canada, a move intended to enable Canada to attribute its energy consumption as clean in regions ...

An RFP for a consultant study is being issued Timmins council is exploring the cost of water meters.  Tuesday, council asked staff to see how much it would cost for a consultant to do a cost-benefit analysis for water meters.  Currently, most residents are on a fixed bill that is determined by the number of bedrooms in a house. This ...

VANCOUVER, BC, /CNW/ – LITE ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES INC. (the “Company“) (TSXV: LTE) (OTC PINK: LTCCF), a world leader in the use of innovative and proven micro/narrow trenching technologies, alternate methods of deployment and specialist products which transform the cost of fibre optic network deployment for telecommunications operators, is pleased to provide an update on its Canadian operations. Brooks, Alberta The Company reports that Brooks Alberta City ...

MONTRÉAL, Jan. 20, 2021 US $ MONTRÉAL – Resolute Forest Products Inc. (NYSE: RFP) (TSX: RFP) today announced that it priced the private offering of $300 million aggregate principal amount of its senior unsecured notes due 2026 (the “2026 Notes”) at 4.875% and 100% of par value. The 2026 Notes will be unsecured and will be guaranteed by all of Resolute’s material ...

There appears to be some breathing room for local school bus operators who were concerned about their contract with the province running out at the end of the 2020/21 school year. In a Tuesday news release, Tri Board Transportation says the RFP process for student transportation services has been postponed because of Ontario’s emergency declaration and the current agreement will be extended ...

City of Vernon published a public tender to procure a design team for a new park City of Vernon Wanted: someone to design a new park in Vernon. On Jan. 15, the City of Vernon published a request for proposal (RFP) to find a design team for a park at the former Civic Arena site. “The park site is in ...

This comes after a trial period with the city’s bike patrol using body-worn cameras The City of Burnaby is seeking proposals for implementing and maintaining body-worn cameras for its bylaw officers. The City of Burnaby is looking to equip its bylaw officers with body-worn cameras. Body cameras have increasingly been in the spotlight in recent years, with calls growing for police ...

NIAGRA FALLS, ON / EnerDynamic Hybrid Technologies Corp. (TSXV: EHT) (“EHT”) is pleased to provide an update on initiatives with its Puerto Rican JV partner, Brieke Family Assets Ltd (“BFA”), and their endeavors with their Cat5 companies in Puerto Rico. On January 15th, 2021 the Cat5 companies received their license (#2020-ASP-000382) from the permit management office (OGP) in Puerto Rico with ...

On January 7, 2021, the federal government, through Public Services and Procurement Canada (Procurement Canada), announced the launch of two Alberta-specific and two Canada-wide procurement processes designed to further the Government’s Clean Electricity Initiative plan to use 100% clean electricity by 2022. The announcement includes the launch of: two requests for proposals (RFPs) for the purchase of solar electricity in ...

An all-Canadian effort to design, develop, and built a new electric vehicle has reached a major step in the process. Project Arrow, a joint project lead by Canadian trade group the Automotive Parts Manufacturer’s Association, has launched a formal RFP process for suppliers wanting to be a part of it. The APMA says that the all-Canadian effort has the interest ...

The Burrard Chinook, TransLink’s newest SeaBus ferry vessel, arriving in Vancouver on May 19, 2019. (Western Stevedoring/Instagram) The electrification of the SeaBus fleet is being considered to help meet TransLink’s objective of achieving its 2050 targets of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 80% and utilizing 100% renewable energy for all vehicles and facilities across the entire transit network. The transit authority is currently seeking ...

Loopio’s research of 650+ RFP response teams shows a 6% decrease in RFP revenue, despite response volume remaining steady. TORONTO, JANUARY 11, 2021: Loopio, the leader in Request For Proposal (RFP) response software, announced today the release of their second annual RFP Response Trends & Benchmarks Report. This in-depth research project offers the industry’s most comprehensive view of the RFP response ...

City Council received a delegation from the Eastern Ontario Agri-Food Network (EOAN), an update from Eastern Ontario Health Unit (EOHU)’s Dr. Paul regarding a vaccine rollout plan for Cornwall, and discussed parking for the Downtown BIA and Le Village BIA. Delegation by Eastern Ontario Agri-Food Network (EOAN) by Tom Manley: ·        The EOAN is requesting $35,000 of funding to help continue ...

Cowley Ridge wind park in Alberta, Canada. Author: Gavin Schaefer. License: Creative Commons, Attribution 2.0 Generic. The Government of Canada is seeking to purchase renewable energy from new power projects in Alberta for the needs of federal government buildings, vehicle fleets and other operations. Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) announced on Thursday the launch of the request for proposals ...

A New Year offers a fresh start, and one area where that is most welcome is in our personal finances. After all the losses suffered in 2020, wouldn’t it be nice to recover, or even come out ahead in 2021? Here’s what our Math experts have to say about their planned money moves in 2021. Melvin Esteban, CFP, FLMI, AFSI, ...

Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) has launched the Parliamentary Precinct Block 2 International Design Competition. PWGSC is initiating a process to pre-qualify Respondents for a two-stage design competition related to the redevelopment of Block 2 in the Parliamentary Precinct. Photograph courtesy of PSPC via raic.org. The RAIC is endorsing this procedure and providing Professional Advisors and competition management advisory services to PSPC. The ...

BC Ferries continues to roll out its Clean Futures Plan with the launch of its fourth LNG-fuelled Salish Class vessel. The ship entered the water over the weekend at Remontowa Shipbuilding S.A. in Gdansk, Poland, with work continuing there until scheduled sea trials in late 2021. Following successful sea trials, the vessel will make the 10 440 nautical mile journey ...

The Ontario government earlier this month issued two requests for proposals (RFPs) to design, build, finance, operate and maintain the Ontario Line, a 10-mile, 15-station subway extension in Toronto. Following a request for qualifications process that began in June, teams on the short list are now invited by Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and Metrolinx to bid on two RFP packages for the project, which will be the largest ...

An overview of the progress made on the Town of the Blue Mountains’ attainable housing project in 2020 and project expectations for 2021 Currently, construction at TBM’s Gateway Site is forecast to begin in early 2022 and expected to be completed by 2023. Jennifer Golletz/ CollingwoodToday This year, the Blue Mountains Attainable Housing Corporation (BMAHC) has undertaken its first attainable housing ...

The City of Charlottetown says it plans to build a third fire station by November or December 2022, barring any unforeseen delays. CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. —  Efforts to design a third fire station in Charlottetown have hit a snag. SableArc Studios had been awarded the tender to supply design and consulting services in the amount of $328,000. However, Bill Chandler with ...