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Ten years ago, Gale was a builder and flipper of office parks who would eventually become known for knocking down the Boston landmark Filene’s Basement and replacing it with a hole in the ground. But Gale’s fate began to change in 2001 with a phone call from South Korea. The Korean […]

Stop giggling, it’s true, this is indeed my favourite.

Need a new tool in your belt, bag or bucket?  Stuck on what to buy grandma?  Look no further.  This is the Bosch PS20-2A Pocket Driver.
I own quite a number of power tools, this is by far the smallest.  So let me tell why I would recommend […]

Is this guy overreaching yet
Milking the the successful run of Holmes on Homes, Mikie has since built a home in New Orleans, ‘wrote’ a home Inspection Guide, launched a Home Inspection show… and now… a magazine.

I’m a sucker for all things reno, the way I figure, if even one thing in the magazine can save […]

I just received a note regarding a course being offered at the end of September in Montreal.  Hosted by Green Roofs for Healthy Cities it will involve the following topics:

Identifying the costs and benefits of green roofs to reach your green roof performance goals;
Identifying a variety of green roof products and understanding the performance criteria […]

ok.  Quebecers went from using 5 million plastic bags a month to 1.5 million a month after major grocery stores started charging a nickel per.  Nice.  Here’s the next step/leap.  Time to move way past the small stuff and rethink our construction practices.  We don’t need to reinvent anything during the design process, there are […]

—Thought I’d pass this email along to anyone interested.  A truly noble cause with only a toehold in Quebec due to our many layers of corrupt construction unions.—
Nouveau projet à St-Henri !
Chers bénévoles,
Habitat pour l’humanité Montréal lance une nouvelle saison de construction et cherche des bénévoles pour travailler au chantier et sur les divers comités […]