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Tesla ahead of schedule on new Model 3, will start production this week

CEO Elon Musk said Tesla will hand over the keys to the first of its mass market electric vehicles this month, seemingly erasing fears the new car program would face major delays


B.C. Liberals defeated after 16 years, NDP to form government

Long-time Premier Christy Clark is out after the Liberal government fell in a confidence vote last week. But how the closely-divided legislature will function and where it will fall on major projects such as the Site C dam and the Trans Mountain pipeline remains to be seen


Volvo to become first major carmaker to do away with traditional engines

The Swedish company has put the internal combustion engine on notice. By 2019 all its vehicles will have an electric motor under the hood and five will be fully-electric


Vulnerable shipping chokepoints putting world food supply at risk

Keeping crop shipments moving is vital to staving off shortages, but new research shows climate change could shatter the status quo along major shipping routes, including at key chokepoints, such as the Panama Canal and the Strait of Malacca
 
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Solar Ship completes successful test flight in Canada’s North

The company, which manufactures cargo planes powered by buoyant gas and solar panels, is working to create a carbon free shipping network in the country's most northerly and remote regions » read more

Former industrial land on Toronto waterfront to get $1.2B makeover

Much of the city's Port Lands once housed heavy industry, but years of underutilization has left a number of brownfield sites along Lake Ontario » read more
 
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Price tag for Muskrat Falls hydro megaproject rises by another billion

The head of Newfoundland's Nalcor Energy, Stan Marshall, says the Labrador hydro site will now cost $12.7 billion, a whopping $5 billion more than original estimates. He continues to insist the project should never have been built » read more

Mississippi told to pull the plug on failing US$7.5B clean coal power plant

Tinkering with technology meant to turn soft lignite coal into a gas that can be burned to generate electricity, Mississippi Power is billions of dollars over budget and more than three years behind schedule » read more