Yesterday, we learned that Preston Manning would quit his eponymous market-fundamentalist call centre in Calgary, and what’s more the folks now at the helm of the Manning Centre are in a big fat hurry to change its name.
Coincidence? Or what?
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CBU prof says he’s developed device that cheaply cleans waste water | CBC News
The device works by adding the catalyst to contaminated
effluent and running it past electrodes that remove the pollutants, said
Zhang.
effluent and running it past electrodes that remove the pollutants, said
Zhang.
“Actually, it’s more like just burning molecules, but
it’s very difficult, or it’s very expensive, to make a device to burn
some organic pollutant molecules in water,” he said.
The
catalyst is non-toxic and it takes itself out after the process is
complete, leaving behind a salty solution that is similar to seawater,
Zhang said.
The university recently issued a tender for a consultant to determine the best way to commercialize the technology.
Zhang
said that could mean selling the invention to a business that would
then contract it out to customers, or it could mean starting a company
and licensing the technology to industrial users.
The device
could be used to remove heavy metals such as arsenic or cadmium and
other toxic chemicals like dioxins, as well as pesticides or
pharmaceuticals, he said.
Supreme Court Rejects B.C.’s Case To Regulate TMX
The Supreme Court of Canada shut down British Columbia’s move to
regulate what can flow through an expanded Trans Mountain pipeline from
Alberta.
regulate what can flow through an expanded Trans Mountain pipeline from
Alberta.
B.C. was appealing to the country’s highest court after the
B.C. Court of Appeal ruled last May that the province couldn’t impose
any restrictions on the contents on the Trans Mountain pipeline
expansion.
On Thursday, the Supreme Court agreed.
“We are
all of the view to dismiss the appeal for the unanimous reasons of the
Court of Appeal for British Columbia,” Chief Justice Richard Wagner
said.
The decision was issued from the bench after several hours of hearings today in Ottawa.
New solar farm will provide 62 per cent of Summerside’s electricity
The project, which was announced Tuesday, is being jointly funded by the federal government, the provincial government, and the city of Summerside.
The feds will contribute $26.3 million, the province $21.9 million, and the city will provide the remainder.
“The people of Summerside and PEI are showing remarkable Canadian leadership on clean, renewable energy,” said Catherine McKenna, the federal Minister of Infrastructure and Communities.
Canada Partners With Canadian Tire To Build One of Canada’s Largest EV Charging Networks – Canada.ca
Canadian government announced a $2.7-million investment to build 54 electric vehicle (EV) fast chargers at Canadian Tire locations across central and western Canada.