THUNDER BAY – BUSINESS – The strike at Lakehead Motors is over. Local 1120 IAMAW members have announced they have voted in favour of a new 5 year collective agreement with Lakehead Motors, ending a 16- day strike. Local...
PIKANGIKUM – BUSINESS –Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) Carolyn Bennett, says today’s funding commitment means that Pikangikum First Nation can now look forward to clean, reliable and accessible power – something the community has been lacking...
The extraordinary run-up in real estate prices like the one experienced in the Lower Mainland raises the odds of a painful market correction By Jock Finlayson Executive vice-president Business Council of British Columbia VANCOUVER, B.C. – REAL ESTATE –...
by Stan Sodol TORONTO – MINING OPINION – It’s been 10 years since the world-class Ring of Fire mineral district was discovered in the isolated James Bay Lowlands, about 500 kms northeast of Thunder Bay. Not one mine has...
TORONTO – Screaming Power has teamed up with the City of Toronto to provide their Environment and Energy Division its own mobile application to help manage energy and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions. This energy management initiative was made possible through...
MARTEN FALLS – MINING – Marten Falls FN Chief Bruce Achneepineskum said, “We hope to provide this regional forum for engagement between mining companies, suppliers and First Nation members that will be used for providing project information and for partnership...
Got a bad taste in your mouth? Maybe it’s from all those sugar-coated messages you keep getting By Liz Guthridge Founder Connect consulting group SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Got a bad taste in your mouth? Maybe it’s from a...
LONDON – Those who have been following the exceptional rise of bitcoin over recent years will have heard of the bitcoin fork, which occurred in the first week of August this year. As with most things to do with...
THUNDER BAY – The Conference Board of Canada says Thunder Bay’s economy continues to move forward sluggishly, with growth forecast to come in at 0.2 per cent in 2017. Local manufacturing is on track to decline by 3.5 per...
MONTREAL – The double-deck vehicles that Bombardier Transportation are supplying to Israel Railways are modern and comfortable trains, used on Tel Aviv’s suburban network and for regional traffic. Yesterday the first #TRAXX AC locomotive and six #TWINDEXX Vario double-deck...
A carbon tax used to subsidize alternate energy sources will accelerate the transition away from fossil fuel dependence By Alana Lajoie-O’Malley Expert Adviser EvidenceNetwork.ca WINNIPEG, Man. – Pricing carbon is about much more than getting people to drive less....
Canada has a weak hand as NAFTA re-negotiations begin. More attention needs to be paid to the challenges weighing down the Canadian export economy By Jock Finlayson Executive vice-president Business Council of British Columbia VANCOUVER, B.C. – BUSINESS –...
