Nils Voermann, Hatch’s global managing director for Technologies, received a CIM Fellowship award at the Conference of Metallurgists (COM 2015) awards gala on August 25, 2015 in Toronto, Canada. The Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM) selects Fellows considering each individual’s contributions to industry, as well as to education, society, and CIM. Nils […]
Sep 7, 2015 It may seem like a strange wish to make from a part of the world that is more likely to get a freak autumn snowfall than a drenching from rain-laden ocean winds, but it could help a domestic mining industry that has been rocked of late by low nickel prices. “Right now […]
Sep 07, 2015 Internal Harper government report speaks candidly of violence, poverty, wage gap affecting women Canada is falling behind the developed world in women’s equality, as poverty rates climb for elderly single women and for single-parent families headed by women, says an internal report by Status of Women Canada. According to the report, this […]
Source: The Canadian Press – Broadcast wire Sep 8, 2015 (FedElxn-Liberals) Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau wants to make big changes to the employment insurance system. He says a Liberal government would reduce E-I premiums to one-dollar and 65-cents per 100-dollars earned. That’s less than the one-dollar and 49-cent rate the Conservatives promised in this year’s […]
Source: The Canadian Press Sep 8, 2015 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 9 a.m. ET. BUSINESS NEWS ADVISORY Here are the CP Business Department’s plans for today as of 9 a.m. All times Eastern unless otherwise stated. Entries are subject to change as news develops. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to email Business Editor Lee-Anne Goodman […]
Source: The Canadian Press Sep 8, 2015 Six stories in the news today, Sept. 8 from The Canadian Press: ___ TORY CANDIDATES DROPPED AS CAMPAIGN HEATS UP The Conservatives dropped two candidates in the important Greater Toronto Area on Monday after embarrassing videos surfaced in the mainstream media and online. The Labour Day revelations came on what […]
TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Sept. 4, 2015) – Editors Note: There are two photos associated with this press release. Today the Jr. Economic Club of Canada (Jr. EC) celebrated the culmination of its third annual “Bay Street Boot Camp,” a five-day financial literacy course and entrepreneurial challenge that brought 50 students to the heart of the financial district. […]
Source: The Canadian Press – Broadcast wire Sep 8, 2015 (Enbridge-Minnesota-Lawsuit) A U-S court begins hearing a case this week that centres on claims that increased volumes of oilsands crude have been allowed to flow into the United States without adequate review. Both of the Enbridge oil pipelines between Hardisty, Alberta, and Superior, Wisconsin, already have presidential […]
OFL Issues Labour Day Call for One Million Workers to Unite Behind Every Ontario NDP Candidate (TORONTO, ON) ─ The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) today declared its full support for the federal NDP to form the next government of Canada. In advance of Labour Day Weekend, OFL President Sid Ryan called on Ontario’s 54 […]
September 8, 2015 Architectural, Engineering and Related Services Price Index, second quarter 2015 The Architectural, Engineering and Related Services Price Index (AESPI) edged up 0.2% in the second quarter from the previous quarter, as a result of higher prices for engineering services (+0.2%) and architectural services (+0.2%). Continue reading Real-time CANSIM tables Statistics Canada is […]
