Treatment plant fixed, Edmonton lifts ban on non-essential water use
By The Canadian Press on February 2nd, 2024
EDMONTON – The mandatory ban on non-essential water use in Edmonton and surrounding communities has been lifted. Water-operator Epcor says repairs have been completed at the affected treatment plant and the system has stabilized. The ban had been in place since Monday, when an electrical outage at the plant compromised pumps delivering drinking water to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Imperial Oil breaking production records as industry awaits Trans Mountain completion
By Amanda Stephenson, The Canadian Press on February 2nd, 2024
CALGARY – As Canada’s energy sector ramps up for the anticipated start-up of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, Imperial Oil Ltd. reported its highest production levels in over 30 years in the fourth quarter of 2023. The Calgary-based company – which is majority-owned by U.S. giant Exxon Mobil – said its output for the three ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Feds unveil web tool to track representation, pay disparity for women, minorities
By Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press on February 2nd, 2024
Ottawa launched a new pay transparency website Friday to better illustrate how women, visible minorities, people with disabilities and Indigenous Peoples are represented and paid at federally regulated private sector employers. The new site, called Equi’Vision, provides a visualization that allows users to compare data on workforce representation rates and pay gaps experienced by all ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Vancouver home sales rise in January as demand outpaces newly listed properties
By The Canadian Press on February 2nd, 2024
VANCOUVER – The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouversays home sales got off to a strong start in the first month of 2024 but the pace of newly listed properties did not keep up with demand. The board says January home sales totalled 1,427, a 38.5 per cent increase from the same month last year, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Airlines call for roadmap to start churning out sustainable jet fuel
By The Canadian Press on February 2nd, 2024
OTTAWA – Airlines are calling on the federal government to roll out measures that will spark production of sustainable aviation fuel in Canada. A pair of industry groups say incentives are needed to match new programs in the United States and cut down on airplane pollution, which accounts for about two per cent of carbon ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada signs letter of intent with AI giant Nvidia during CEO’s Toronto trip
By Tara Deschamps, The Canadian Press on February 2nd, 2024
TORONTO – Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne says Canada has signed a letter of intent with artificial intelligence chip giant Nvidia to boost computing power. In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, the minister announced the document was signed with the California-based powerhouse, which recently saw the race to innovate with AI push its ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Business, consumer insolvencies rise in December as higher rates bite
By The Canadian Press on February 2nd, 2024
OTTAWA – Business insolvencies rose 57.2 per cent in December compared with a year earlier, according to the Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy. For the entire year, business insolvencies were up 41.4 per cent compared with 2022, led by businesses in the accommodation and food services, retail trade, and construction sectors. The Canadian Association ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A London judge acquits climate activist Greta Thunberg over a protest at an oil industry conference
By Brian Melley, The Associated Press on February 2nd, 2024
LONDON (AP) – Climate activist Greta Thunberg was acquitted Friday of refusing to follow a police order to leave a protest blocking the entrance to a major oil and gas industry conference in London last year. The courtroom gallery erupted with applause as Judge John Law told Thunberg and her four co-defendants to stand and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!January auto sales jump nearly 15% as ‘pent-up demand’ continues to drive trends
By The Canadian Press on February 2nd, 2024
TORONTO – DesRosiers Automotive Consultants says auto sales jumped 14.9 per cent in January compared with the year before. Manufacturers reported an estimated 112,862 transactions for the month, up from 98,259 units in January 2023. Andrew King, managing partner at DesRosiers, says January sales levels were also above the same month from 2019, as pent-up ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federal government launches new pay transparency website for four key groups
By The Canadian Press on February 2nd, 2024
GATINEAU, Que. – Ottawa is launching a new pay transparency website that will offer comparable data on workforce representation rates and pay gaps experienced by four key groups at federally regulated private sector employers. The new site includes data on four designated groups under the Employment Equity Act: women, Indigenous peoples, people with disabilities and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The US didn’t just avoid a recession – it’s adding hundreds of thousands of new jobs
By Paul Wiseman, The Associated Press on February 2nd, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – The nation’s employers delivered a stunning burst of hiring to begin 2024, adding 353,000 jobs in January in the latest sign of the economy’s continuing ability to shrug off the highest interest rates in two decades. Friday’s government report showed that last month’s job gain – roughly twice what economists had predicted ... Read More »
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