Matt Bolen

Aug 30, 2024 | nationalobserver.com | Phil Pothen |Matt Bolen |Abdul Matin Sarfraz

Despite construction capacity constraints and interest rate hikes, Ontario has still had enough labour, equipment, materials, investment and land within municipal settlement boundaries to keep up with the growing number of new households.

Aug 28, 2024 | nationalobserver.com | Matt Bolen

Cellphone use will be restricted in all British Columbia school districts when pupils return next week, as the province becomes the latest to curtail the use of the devices by students. Premier David Eby says all districts now have policies in place to ban phone use "bell-to-bell," in line with a government directive announced in April.

Aug 28, 2024 | nationalobserver.com | Darryl Greer |Matt Bolen

When food safety researcher Tianxi Yang became a mother, she wondered how much microplastic her son would ingest when drinking milk out of widely available plastic containers. She says microplastic exposure and the effects of the tiny particles on human health have been on researchers' radar for at least a decade. But testing for microplastics required costly and cumbersome equipment — so Yang set out to create a portable unit that could be used by untrained people at home.

Aug 26, 2024 | treefrogcreative.ca | Matt Bolen |Robert McKellar |David Elstone |Derek Nighbor

Canada can tackle affordable housing by scaling what works By Matt Bolen, principal at mcCallumSather The National Observer August 26, 2024 Category: Wood, Paper & Green Building Region: Canada Canada is at a critical juncture — our housing market is unaffordable for many and our environmental goals are becoming increasingly urgent.