Xeneca leads hydroelectric development in the North
Toronto company advancing 19 water power projects
Lindsay Kelly
In the race to develop renewable energy projects across the North, Xeneca Power Development Inc. stands out amongst the water power players for the sheer number of projects it's proposing.
Sudbury hosting three-day energy conference
Lindsay Kelly
Recommendations from a three-day renewable energy conference, being held in Sudbury Feb. 21-23, will be forwarded to Premier Dalton McGuinty, with the goal of opening up the dialogue surrounding the expansion of energy transmission lines across the
Hearst greenhouse grower installs geothermal heating system
Heating up
Patrick Demers
La Maison Verte, a Hearst not-for-profit reforestation grower, spent the majority of December installing a $230,000 geothermal heating pump for one of its greenhouses, and plans on using January and February to test it.
Entrepreneur cultivates way to extend the harvest
Farm-fresh and year-round
Ian Ross
Like many of the Finnish immigrants who settled west of Thunder Bay at the turn of the last century, Leo Hunnakko is a big believer in being self-sufficient.
The Thunder Bay area entrepreneur believes being located in a
New technology reduces organic waste
Food to go
Liz Cowan
Food waste is a rotten problem but a new company has a fresh solution that reduces its volume by 90 per cent.
Food Cycle Science, based in Cornwall, Ont., obtained the rights to technology developed in Korea that dehydrates and converts the organi
An agreement that will see Polish company KGHM purchase Quadra FNX has been approved by 78.6 per cent of its securityholders following a special meeting Feb. 20.
Reaction from Sault Ste. Marie was swift following the release of the province's Commission on the Reform of Ontario's Public Services, which is recommending the closure of one of two Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLGC) offices—one of which is located in the Sault.
Vale's $2-billion Clean Atmospheric Emissions Reduction (AER) project has received final approval to go forward and construction is expected to begin in April.
Investment in mineral resource development must be balanced with reasonable regulation and the maximizing of benefits to local communities, Sudbury Councillor Dave Kilgour told the House of Commons Standing Committee on Natural Resources.
The City of Greater Sudbury has begun accepting applications for financial incentives under a new Brownfield Strategy and Community Improvement Plan to redevelop vacated properties that were previously used for commercial or industrial purposes.