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ReNew Canada’s March/April 2010 issue is hitting desks this week—and with it is a special editorial supplement we produced in cooperation with the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM), Smart Initiatives: Building Municipalities of the Future.

The supplement profiles 10 innovative projects municipalities across Canada undertook with funding from FCM’s Green Municipal Fund. The supplement is a perfect fit for the March/April issue, which, like most spring editions, is all about “green.” The difference is that ReNew Canada’s stories take a leap beyond just green: the magazine profiled projects that are just plain smart.

Actual Media is happy to announce the re-launch of www.top100projects.ca.

The site is one of our most ambitious, unique projects to date. The new site features a complete listing of all Top 100 Projects, an interactive Google Map showing you their location, original articles and news, plus a consolidated news section with RSS feeds from various government and relevant agency news sources. Also, you get to see our publisher and editor in our first-ever video.

So, finally, you’ll be able to rest at night knowing exactly how our publisher and editor sound in person.

On November 12th, the men and women of Actual Media hosted a few hundred of our closest colleagues, subscribers and well-wishers at the Steamwhistle Gallery in Toronto for an evening of political discourse, laughs and beer — not always in that order. To prove it, here are some pictures from our wonderful time.

The first event through our newest creation, Actual Karma, had Actual Media staff digging their wellies out of the closet for a good cause. We cleaned up the shoreline of the Humber River and found, among the plastic bottles and metal cans, a series of car parts, half a bike, and a few other unmentionable items stuck in the knee-deep mud.

Todd Latham and Hilary Vaillancourt survey the garbage.

James Sbrolla and Mira Shenker show off their new half a bike.

Canadian Water Treatment’s biggest issue ever!

Click here to read features from the magazine. And don’t forget to check out watertreatment.ca for the latest Canadian water industry news and commentary.

We’re happy to announce the launch of our newest issue, “Under Construction.” You can read some select articles from the issue here.

This issue comes with our “Canadians at Work” supplement produced in conjunction with Export Development Canada. The supplement profiles 50 international infrastructure projects with Canadian involvment. A useful and interesting read.

Read more at ReNewCanada.net.

In partnership with OCETA and the Russell Mitchell Group, Actual Media is proud to launch The Clean Technology Report. The first project under this partnership is the 2009 OCETA SDTC Cleantech Growth & Go-to-Market Report, which presents the findings of an extensive study undertaken in the autumn of 2008, where over 60 of Ontario’s leading clean technology companies were surveyed, including 31 CEOs who were interviewed about their strategies for growth and their companies’ commercialization capabilities.

Actual Media was engaged by OCETA and the Russell Mitchell Group to help with the marketing and branding of the The Clean Technology Report and the 2009 OCETA SDTC Cleantech Growth & Go-to-Market Report. This included the creation of all promotional materials and cleantechnologyreport.ca.

After a flurry of infrastructure spending announcements, CBC’s Newsworld tapped ReNew Canada publisher Todd Latham for his take on the 2009 federal budget. Todd’s clip is below.

This week, we released our January/February 2009 issue containing the Top 100 Infrastructure Projects supplement. Hundreds of hours of research went into compiling the report, which was featured in The National Post, The Vancouver Sun, The Star Phoenix, The Regina Leader-Post, The Calgary Herald, The Edmonton Journal, The Victoria Times Colonist, The Ottawa Citizen and on Dose.ca.

Congratulations to the Top 100 team, and we look forward to the 2010 report.

For more on The Top 100, check out top100projects.ca.

Thank you to everyone who came to our annual ReNew Canada party. This year it was held at the Roundhouse Gallery at the Steam Whistle Brewery on November 27.

For more pictures, check out the ReNewCanada.net blog.