The Early Learning and Child Care Major Infrastructure Program will provide $25 million to fund new construction or major renovations that will create new child-care spaces. Priority will be given to projects that serve diverse or vulnerable communities, communities with low child-care coverage rates and projects in publicly owned facilities.
From Daily Commercial News: Billed as a grand effort to aid downtown revitalization in a city of 31,000, the new Marconi campus on Sydney, N.S.’s waterfront will, when finished, be a spectacular splash in a town that has seen little major urban renewal.
From Daily Commercial News: The Cape Breton Regional Hospital (CBRH), the island’s only major health care facility serving a population of just over 100,000, is undergoing its first major expansion since the hospital was built in Sydney in the early 1990s.
From CTV: The sound of construction work in downtown Sydney, N.S., is hard to tune out, but it’s music and money to the ears for businesses in the area.
From Province of Nova Scotia: New Waterford is a step closer to a new school and community wellness centre. Tender packages totalling more than $6.5 million for the construction of a new Breton Education Centre and community wellness centre were awarded today, July 8, to Brilun Construction Ltd., Flynn Canada Ltd. and PMC Roofing Limited. The work includes the construction of exterior walls and roofing.
More skilled trades workers can seek certification in Nova Scotia with changes the Province is making to apprenticeship training requirements.
From Saltwire: The next steps in the transformation of downtown Sydney may be loud and messy but Charlotte Street shopkeepers say the temporary inconvenience will be worth it when completed.
From Saltwire: A section of Charlotte Street is expected to be closed to vehicular traffic until October due to construction work on the $9-million downtown Sydney redevelopment project.
From CTV – Downtown Sydney, N.S., was bustling with activity on Tuesday, but the sounds of both vehicle and foot traffic will soon be replaced with the sounds of heavy machinery as part of a redevelopment project.
From Saltwire Network – The project manager overseeing the redevelopment of health-care facilities in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality said Friday he couldn’t be happier with how the project is proceeding.