October 23, 2023 This year, Women’s Network Ontario Chair, Lori Bagazzoli, Ledvance Ltd, and Vice Chair Sandra Tomassi, Ouellet Canada Inc., are pleased to announce that they are partnering with the Purse Project for the 2023 holiday season. As community ambassadors, The Purse Project will benefit so many women who are less fortunate and in…
Texcan is proudly celebrating 45 years of an exciting journey that spans over four and a half decades. “As we honour this milestone, we fondly look back on the multitude of projects and infrastructures to which we have contributed. Since 1978, our commitment to our customers remains. We understand that each customer has unique needs,…
October 23, 2023 Mike Lang, Principal Field Engineer for Mersen Electrical Power, received the Electrical Safety Excellence Award during the 2023 Petroleum and Chemical Industry Conference (PCIC) in New Orleans, LA. The Electrical Safety Excellence award was presented to Mike in recognition of his outstanding dedication and contributions made to advance and accelerate information and…
The government will accelerate growth in the skilled trades and modernize the entire apprenticeship and trades qualification system to meet the needs of a growing province.
October 23, 2023 Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, and Scott Pearce, President of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, have announced a $13.5-million investment in five Alberta communities through the Green Municipal Fund’s Community Efficiency Financing (CEF) initiative. The following communities received funding to develop energy retrofit financing programs for residential properties: · …
October 23, 2023 Funded by Alberta’s Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction system, Emissions Reduction Alberta’s Emerging Innovators Challenge will help fund scale-up, pilot and first-of-kind emissions-reduction projects. The $40 million will help support new ideas and innovations that have not been commercialized before in everything from energy efficiency and heating to digital solutions and reducing…
October 12, 2023 A new entrance has been built on an area of around 7,600 m² along the access road to Phoenix Contact’s Blomberg park site. The centerpiece is a freely accessible park that makes the future vision of the All Electric Society tangible for everyone and explains it in an understandable way. Its hallmark is…
October 12, 2023 As a world’ first, Nexans successfully achieved electrical Type Test for 525 kV DC SF6 gas free cable terminations. This allows us to offer a safer and sustainable solution to connect HVDC and brings us closer to our goal to electrify the future. As the importance of electricity continues to grow, the…
October 12, 2023 IPEX is proud to announce the opening of its new U.S. technological flagship manufacturing facility in Pineville, N.C. The grand opening event, held at the new facility, was attended by more than 150 people including IPEX employees and the leadership team, as well as Aliaxis’ global CEO, members of government and other…
October 11, 2023 The Society of United Professionals, IFPTE Local 160, and the Electrical Safety Authority ha reached a settlement to renew their collective agreement. The Society-represented safety professionals to ratify the agreement yesterday, ending a two-week strike. The new contract takes effect immediately. “Our electrical safety professionals stood strong for a fair contract, and…
October 10, 2023 On May 29, 2023, Ottawa electrician Oscar Lewis was convicted on several counts of operating an electrical contracting business without a valid electrical contractor licence, and for failing to file notifications of work (permits) with the Electrical Safety Authority. In total, Lewis was ordered by the court to pay $25,000 in fines…
October 6, 2023 The federal government has reached an agreement with the City of Vaughan, Ontario, to fast track over 1,700 new housing units and incentivize thousands of additional homes over the next three years. This work will help spur the construction of more than 40,000 homes over the next decade and help meet the demand…
October 6, 2023 Brady announced their 2023 Brady Canada Electrician Student Achievement Award recipient as part of the EFC Scholarship program. “It has been a great experience for Brady Canada to engage with students in the electrical field through the Electro-Federation Canada Scholarship. Providing Ethan with an Electrician’s starter kit, which includes valuable Brady products…
October 6, 2023 Gerrie Electric is proud to mark the 66th anniversary of Gerrie Electric Wholesale Limited. “Over six decades of passion, dedication, and innovation have brought us to this incredible milestone. Here’s to the visionaries who started it all, the brilliant minds driving us forward, and the loyal Customers who inspire us daily,” said…
October 6, 2023 Housing starts across Canada’s largest cities saw just a 1% growth in the first six months of 2023, compared to the first half of 2022. This according to the latest edition of Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s (CMHC) Housing Supply Report (HSR), which examines new housing construction trends in Canada’s six largest Census Metropolitan Areas (CMAs). Tighter…
October 6, 2023 Sonepar has announced that its wholly-owned Canadian subsidiary, Sonepar Canada, Inc., has entered into an asset purchase agreement with Accu-Flo Meter Service Ltd. (“Accu-Flo”) for its electrical manufacturing and assembly services division. Sonepar will integrate the new business into Gescan, a division of Sonepar Canada Inc., and rebrand it under Gescan Solutions….
This project is funded [in part] by the Government of Canada.
Ce projet est financé [en partie] par le gouvernement du Canada.
