Canada
In Memoriam: Rose Marie Makrugin
Calgary, Canada, native Rose Marie Makrugin, who worked at C&M Elevator prior to its sale to Otis and helped host the 1980 Canadian Elevator Contractors Association (CECA) Convention in Calgary,...
Deadly Apartment Fire Leaves Elevators Waterlogged
Residents of 35 Brock Street, one of the Marina Towers, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, were without operational elevators for at least 24 h due to a fatal fire that occurred...
Registration New Open for 51st CECA Convention
Registration is now open for Canadian Elevator Contractors Association’s (CECA) 51st Convention, hosted by Alcor Elevator, to be held on June 9-12 in Niagara Falls. The convention will be held at...
Hurley Named GM of Wurtec Canada
Wurtec, a family-owned company headquartered in Toledo, Ohio, that engineers, manufactures and distributes tools and components for the elevator trade, announced it has named Mike Hurley as general manager (GM)...
CECA’s Elle-evator Women’s Group Plans Virtual Meeting
Elle-evator, the women’s group of the Canadian Elevator Contractors Association (CECA), plans to host a virtual meeting on February 13 from noon-1 p.m. EST. Elle-evator invites those interested to join...
PERI Describes Innovative Formwork for Canada’s Tallest Residential Tower
Construction equipment provider PERI Canada recently described how its RCS Climbing Protection Panel System (RCS P) is accelerating construction on phase two of the Pinnacle One Yonge project in Toronto, Canada: SkyTower,...
ATTA Elevators Completes Rebuild of Schindler Units in Ottawa
ATTA Elevators, a full-service independent elevator and escalator company based in Ontario, Canada, announced it has completed rebuilding two Schindler inclined moving walks in collaboration with Leading Edge Escalators (LEE)....
Elevators Installed to Make Two More Universally Accessible Stations in Montreal
Workers finished installing elevators at two Montreal métro stations just in time for the holidays, reports The Montreal Gazette. Earlier this month, the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) announced...
Canada Post Workers Return as Negotiations Continue
Thanks to Canada’s federal government, Canada Post operations resumed on December 17 after a month-long strike by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers as negotiations continue between Canada Post and...
Halifax Hospital to Get Elevator Replacement, Upgrades
Officials at Nova Scotia Health have started the multimillion-dollar process to replace outdated and out-of-order elevators at the beleaguered Victoria General Hospital in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, CBC Lite reports. The hospital’s...
