Manitoba Promotes East-West Power Grid
Manitoba’s minister of growth, enterprise and trade is keen to promote east-west power transmission, with federal government help, according to a recent news report…
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Lumenpulse Lights Up Iconic Montreal Monuments for City’s 375th Anniversary
Lumenpulse luminaires are lighting the Jacques Cartier Bridge and a series of iconic Montreal buildings as part of Montreal’s 375th and Canada’s 150th anniversary festivities…
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Emera Installs North America’s Longest Submarine Electricity Cables
This month the first of two high-voltage power transmission cables that will enable the transmission of clean, renewable and reliable electricity from Newfoundland and Labrador to Nova Scotia was successfully anchored at Point Anconi, NS…
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Retirement Residence’s Energy Conservation Efforts Earn a Hefty Rebate
Alectra Utilities recently presented a Hamilton, Ontario retirement and long-term care residence with an $18,000 incentive cheque following its most recent extensive lighting retrofit project…
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Intertek Warning: Possible Non-Compliant Flat Plate Photovoltaic Modules with Intertek Certification Marks
Silicon Energy flat plate photovoltaic modules that bear an Intertek Certification Mark for Canada and the United States may not comply with relevant safety requirements…
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2,300 Students Attend Skills Ontario’s Annual Competition
Earlier this month 2,300 elementary, high school and college students competed in 68 skilled trades and technologies contests as part of Skills Ontario’s annual Skilled Trades Competition…
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Alberta Wind Energy Opportunities Draw Investors
The Alberta government’s efforts to encourage development of the province’s abundant wind energy resource has captured the attention of investors who see a long-term opportunity for growth in the market…
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TechnoCentre éolien Supports Quebec Technological Innovation
Quebec’s TechnoCentre éolien has successfully tested a lighting intensity dimming solution (LIDSTM) developed by Technostrobe…
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Nova Scotia Power Sets New Renewable Energy Record
With 28% of the electricity used by Nova Scotians in 2016 coming from renewable resources, Nova Scotia has topped its previous high mark of 26.6%, set in 2015…
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Alectra Study Identifies Residential Solar Storage Potential
Alectra Inc. has completed a feasibility study for mass adoption of the utility’s residential solar storage pilot, Power.House, in Ontario’s Southern York Region…
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New Microgrid Project for North Bay
North Bay will soon be the site of a $4.5-million electrical micro grid that will connect Memorial Gardens, the YMCA, aquatic centre and Thomson Park, reports Jennifer Hamilton-McCharles last week in The Nugget…
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Senate Approves Prompt Payment Act
Canada’s Senate has unanimously passed Bill S-224, the Canada Prompt Payment Act, regulating payments on federal construction contracts. But as Don Wall reports in Daily Commercial News, challenges remain…
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BC Construction Labour Industry Calls for 25% Apprentice Quota
Construction labour representatives have requested that 25% of those employed on new government projects be apprentices…
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Alberta Electrical Association Events: Funding Educational Opportunities
This June 1 golf day in Calgary is just one of four events across the province, planned by members of the Alberta Electrical Association, to raise funds for local scholarships and bursaries…
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NECA Members: Complete a Survey on the Electrical Construction Workforce
Researchers are conducting a study among NECA members to explore factors that attract and retain individuals to management positions in the electrical construction workforce…
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Westin Ottawa Makes Sustainability a Permanent Guest
The Westin Ottawa will become one of the first Westin hotels to achieve long-term sustainability with its 30/20 by 2020 conservation plan, which will see the hotel reduce energy use by 30% and water consumption by 20% as of 2020…
