Category: Canada

Trudeau Walks a Thin Tightrope Between Fossil Fuels, Renewables

Under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Canada’s government is playing both sides of the fence in its national energy strategy. During Trudeau’s first 16 months, three energy projects — a pipeline and two export terminals — were approved by the government with the aim of helping drillers ship their products abroad from the resource-rich West Coast, a boost to the country’s economy.

Bookstore News: March 9, 2017

ABA to provide low-cost e-commerce platform; a feminist bookstore opens in Montreal; a Providence store faces a forced move; and more. ABA Adding Low-cost E-commerce Alternative: IndieLite is a new platform under development by the American Booksellers Association for bookstores just getting started with online sales or want a simple, low-maintenance option compared with ABA’s signature IndieCommerce platform.

Traces in rock may be the oldest evidence of life on Earth ever

Are we closing in on life’s cradle? What is claimed to be the oldest evidence of life on Earth yet found backs the idea that the first microbes originated around hydrothermal vents on the seafloor – but the work is already proving controversial. Explaining the origin of life is one of the biggest unclaimed prizes in biology, and one that many scientists – including Nobel prizewinners – are chasing.

Federal government buying new radar system to better detect severe weather

The government announced Tuesday that it has signed an $83-million contract for 20 state-of-the-art weather radars that are to be built across the country over seven years starting this fall. Environment Minister Catherine McKenna said the radars, along with a recently acquired supercomputer, will give people more time to protect themselves and their property from severe weather.”

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. Selects ORBCOMM for End-to-End,…

Inc. , a leading global provider of Machine-to-Machine and Internet of Things communication solutions, to equip its 90,000-plus intermodal and over-the-road trailing fleets with end-to-end tracking and monitoring. ORBCOMM will provide J.B. Hunt a comprehensive telematics solution that gives visibility to the location and status for multiple classes of trailing equipment.

Hacked

Line Enterprises is a small, family-owned trucking company located in Raleigh, N.C. The company uses load brokers and vice-president Diane Burkle thought nothing of sending out standard contracts and invoices via e-mail. That is, until the payments stopped coming.

Hacked

Line Enterprises is a small, family-owned trucking company located in Raleigh, N.C. The company uses load brokers and vice-president Diane Burkle thought nothing of sending out standard contracts and invoices via e-mail. That is, until the payments stopped coming.

Cultural Replicant Fade #nlpoli

The people of Gambo held their first mummers’ parade the December before last. The Gander Beacon, the weekly newspaper that covers events in Gambo, featured some pictures of the parade and a write-up on it.

Six from B.C. in space race to become Canada’s next astronaut

And that’s what the space agency is looking for in the next two Canadians who’ll get to put the coolest job title on their LinkedIn profile. In a list released this week, 72 people are in the running to fill those two spots, including six with ties to B.C. He has a doctorate in medicine from the University of Toronto a PhD in exercise physiology from UBC, amongst other certifications.

What will Trump want from Canada on Nafta? a Us federal document may offer clues

President Donald Trump, centre, and Commerce Secretary-designate Wilbur Ross, left, talk to media before a lunch meeting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017. Wondering what the Americans might want from Canada in a renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement? Multiple clues might be embedded in a document published by the U.S. government.

Trudeau abandons promise to change voting system in time for 2019 election

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a town hall meeting at Alumni Hall, Western University on Friday, Jan. 13, 2017, in London, Ontario. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Dave Chidley In a mandate letter for newly appointed Democratic Institutions Minister Karina Gould, Trudeau makes it clear that electoral reform _ once top of mind for the Liberal government _ is no longer on the agenda.

Did U.S. President Donald Trump Declare Canadian Women the Biggest Threat After ISIS?

Following reports on 21 January 2017 that Canadian women were prohibited from entering the United States to join the Women’s March on Washington, D.C., a web site called BurrardStreetJournal.com reported that U.S. President Donald Trump called them a threat to the American way of life comparable to the Islamic State : Trump immediately characterized women North of the border as “different”, claiming there is “no doubt” they are trying to “corrupt the minds” of their American counterparts: “Canadian women threaten our core values, our way of life and the very things we are trying to do here,” the President began, in front of an estimated 10 million supporters gathered on the White House front lawn.

Police Report

One resident reported seeing a male in her yard late at night, while several other residents have reported two adolescent girls on their properties at various times of the day. RCMP will be increasing patrols in the area, and ask that if anyone sees anything suspicious, they call police immediately.

Are you ready for January 22?

She’ll back in the Sault on July 1 to preside over our 150th anniversary of Canada celebrations. In Roberta Bondar Park, of course! January 22 will be the 25th anniversary of Dr. Roberta Bondar’s launch from Earth aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery, becoming the second Canadian astronaut in space, the world’s first neurologist in space and Canada’s first women in space.

Sandford Fleming: 5 facts you need to know about him

Hailed as the ‘Father of Standard Time’, Canadian engineer and inventor Sanford Fleming, is remembered for the invention of present system of time zones, which is still being followed all around the globe. Born on January 7, 1827 in Kirkcaldy, Scotland, Fleming emigrated to Canada in 1847.

As Sun Sets on Canada Energy, Grafton Eyes Renewables

Grafton Asset Management Inc., a firm that has brought foreign investment into Canada’s oil and gas industry, is looking to add alternative energy to its portfolio for the first time as it positions itself for the decline of fossil fuels. “I’m worried about the future of the industry in general,” Geeta Sankappanavar, president and chief operating officer of the Calgary-based investment firm, said in a phone interview on Tuesday.

In 1967, the birth of modern Canada

We like to believe it was a series of political decisions, parliamentary votes, royal commissions and court rulings that remade Canada in its centennial. However, Doug Saunders writes, in its 100 year, the country was officially reflecting realities, ideas and notions of identity that had been brewing beneath the surface for two decades Each month this year, Globe writers will tell their tale of Canada: what its history, geography, peoples and culture mean in their lives.

Marco Rubio wants CRTC Super Bowl ad decision reversed by BJ Siekierski

Florida Senator Marco Rubio and Wisconsin Republican Senator Ron Johnson have written a letter to Canadian Ambassador to the U.S. David MacNaughton asking the Canadian government to reverse the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission’s 2015 decision to ban the simultaneous substitution of the 2017 Super Bowl broadcast. “The NFL and its Canadian broadcast partner have a business relationship that is based upon the ability to sell Canadian ads in the Canadian market.