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Testing, sick leave and enforcement needed in manufacturing sector to slow workplace spread in Ontario: experts

Observers said there isn't consistency when it comes to penalties for employers, or even naming workplaces where outbreaks happen.


TC Energy cutting more than 1,000 Keystone XL construction jobs as work halted

TC Energy had earlier warned that blocking the project would lead to the layoffs of thousands of union workers building the pipeline.


GBLT Corp. receives USD $4.8M contract for private battery label

GBLT delivers private label batteries that vendors can brand their own to compete with brand-named batteries.
 
 
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NGen announces $27 million in funding for winners of the Strategic Supply Challenge

NGen funding to support domestic advanced manufacturing efforts combating COVID-19 » Read more
 

HPQ Gen1 nano silicon reactor producing spherical nanopowders and nanowires

Heavy implications for low cost manufacturing of nano silicon materials. » Read more
 

Low carbon footprint may be possible on cement through CCS

The Lehigh CCS Feasibility Study looks at the viability of capturing 90-95 per cent of the carbon dioxide (CO2) - an estimated 600,000 tonnes of CO2 annually - from the cement plant’s flue gas. » Read more
 
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Canadian Packaging: BOBST demonstrates the future of flexible packaging production at virtual Open House event

The three machines on show at the Open House event were the VISION CI flexo press, the solventless NOVA SX 550 LAMINATOR and the MASTER CI flexo press. » read more

Biden’s Keystone XL death sentence requires Canada’s oil sector to innovate

TC Energy has estimated that Canada would have added 2,800 jobs directly associated with this project, mostly in Alberta, and contends the United States would have seen 10,400 new positions. » read more

Why new COVID-19 variants are on the rise and spreading around the world

Epidemiologists have concluded that B.1.1.7 is more transmissible, but there are no signs that it is more deadly. » read more
 
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EPRA encourages recycling of electronics

The Electronic Products Recycling Association (EPRA) is a not-for-proft organization that focusses on the proper recycling of electronic products to ensure health and safety is not compromised when dealing with these items. » read more

New sawmill a possibility for NACFOR?

A new committee is investigating the possibility of setting up a community-owned sawmill in Nakusp. » read more