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2025 ‘Slated for Excellence Project of the Year Awards’ Winners Announced!

By Samuel B Everett, APR Mar 24th, 2026

To recognize and celebrate outstanding craftsmanship, innovation and design for slate roofing projects, North Country Slate (NCS) has established the ‘Slated for Excellence Project of the Year Awards.

Ladies’ Golf Club of Toronto Selects Ludowici Roof Tiles for Its Historic...

By Samuel B Everett, APR Jan 27th, 2026

Ladies’ Golf Club of Toronto was founded in 1924 by professional golfer Ada Mackenzie and remains the only all-female golf club in North America. The club has a rich history and recently underwent a major renovation of its 100-year-old clubhouse.

Unfading Black Roofing Slate Tiles Add Beauty to Historic Cabbagetown Homes

By Samuel B Everett, APR Jan 6th, 2026

Alpha Avenue in central Toronto is in a neighborhood known as Cabbagetown. The neighborhood is unique in that it is part of the largest continuous area of preserved Victorian housing in North America, according to the Cabbagetown Preservation Association (CPA).

How Slate Roofing Protects Against Hail and Storm Damage: What Homeowners Need...

By Samuel B Everett, APR Jun 11th, 2025

It may be counterintuitive to worry about hail damaging a slate roof. After all, anyone who has ever thrown an ice ball at a rock wall knows that the wall remains perfectly intact, while the ice ball shatters to smithereens.

Shadyside Church Chooses Unfading Black Slate Roof

By Samuel B Everett, APR Apr 3rd, 2025

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Shadyside Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh, PA., was built in 1890. This remarkable building features a large central ‘lantern tower’ steeple that forms the center of a Greek cross with four arms, each topped with high sloped roofs.

SlateTec by North Country Case Study

By Ncslate User Sep 2nd, 2024

In 2019, North Country Slate was the supplier of choice for a cedar roof replacement in the luxury neighbourhood of Hillsborough, California. The existing cedar shake roof was failing due to several reasons: North Country Unfading Black was selected to provide an ASTM S-1 slate roof with a 75-year warranty by the homeowner.

Historic Stations Get Slate Roof Renovations

By Nathan Medcalf Jul 16th, 2024

The B&O Railroad isn’t just a Monopoly property. The B&O (Baltimore and Ohio) Railroad began operation in the US in 1827. It was the first railroad to offer commercial transportation of both people and freight. Two of teh B & O Railroad Line's most historic stations got slate roof renovations recently.

Create a Custom Color Slate Roof with North Country Slate

By Nathan Medcalf Feb 28th, 2024

Slate roof tiles can be used to create custom patterns by blending colors in order to design a custom color slate roof. North Country Slate offers design suggestions on color, size, thickness and installation techniques, which will produce a spectacular custom roof.

Slate Shingles Bring New Life to Iconic, Historic Building

By Nathan Medcalf Feb 2nd, 2024

The Canary House is the name of the mixed-use condo project that will be adjacent to the former Canary Restaurant (1965-2007) in the Canary District of Toronto (near Don Valley Parkway and the Gardiner Expressway). The Canary Restaurant building was built in 1857 and has been designated a historical landmark.

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