World’s building industry told to decarbonize, cut emissions drastically
COP 21, the international climate change conference underway in Paris, devoted one entire day to the construction industry, showing the importance placed on this sector. To mark Buildings Day, a […]
Bruce Power nuclear deal good for Ontario manufacturers: CME
Bruce Power, the privately owned company that provides roughly 30 per cent of Ontario’s electricity from its array of eight CANDU reactors, will invest $13 billion to refurbish six of […]
Economy showed mix of strength (exports), weakness (investment) in Q3
Stronger exports were enough to grow Canada’s economy by a healthy 2.3 per cent in the third quarter, though a worrisome contraction of 0.5 per cent in September has economists […]
Federal government urged to speak up for nuclear at Paris climate talks
Canada’s nuclear industry hopes that the federal government will take up its cause and support it as a clean energy source at the upcoming Paris climate talks. The CEO of […]
Q3 corporate profits falter on oil, financial sector
Canadian corporations saw profits shrink by 5.4 per cent in the third quarter of 2015. Earnings came in at $79 billion, according to Statistics Canada, down from $83.5 billion in […]
Montreal company ready to launch tiny greenhouse gas-spotting satellite
A Montreal company called GHGSat says it has a solution to help solve one of the world’s most pressing problems: climate change. GHGSat is ready to launch a tiny satellite […]
Ontario College of Trades report recommendations accepted by minister
Ontario’s somewhat controversial College of Trades was only established in 2013, but by 2014 the government realized it had to do something to make the College more open and transparent, […]
Toronto Hydro testing underwater energy storage system for backup power
Toronto Hydro and energy storage company Hydrostor of Toronto are testing a unique underwater energy storage system that will use compressed air stored in balloons under Lake Ontario. The pilot […]
Canada Goose expanding workforce, launching global ad campaign
Canada’s luxury winter wear company, Canada Goose, plans to double the number of workers at its Winnipeg plant, which opened only last month with a workforce of about eighty. The […]
Cars and oil pulled Canada’s manufacturing down in September
Lower production in motor vehicle plants and more than the usual number of maintenance shutdowns in crude oil refineries helped push Canada’s manufacturing sales down 1.5 per cent in September, […]
GM investing in connected car research at Waterloo U
The president of General Motors Canada announced yesterday that the company will set up a research outpost at the University of Waterloo’s Communitech innovation research hub. The car maker will […]
Ontario to be hub for Toyota SUV production
The “mid-sized, higher-value vehicles” that Toyota promised to make at its Cambridge, Ontario plant last spring when it announced the end of the Corolla’s run there will be the RAV4 […]
