Researchers have found that electronic cigarettes have established such good reputation among young parents who use them and believe that they are less harmful than the traditional cigarettes. The research was presented during the annual ...
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Saxx Underwear Co. hired Tim Bartels as its newly appointed chief executive officer, effective immediately. Bartels joins SAXX most recently from Columbia Sportswear where he served as Vice President of Global Footwear Sales. There he ...
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Canada stands as the largest international market for LEED green buildings and boasts more square meters of LEED-certified space than any other nation outside the United States, according to a new report released today by the U.S. Green ...
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Vancouver-based Methanex has cut its June contracts in the US by 10 cents to $1.60/gal FOB US Gulf, the company said Friday. The decrease marks the third straight month of 10-cent declines. After discounts and rebates that average 13%, ...
Canadian miner Pan American Silver believes Argentina this year will lift its ban on open-pit mining that forced the company to suspend operations at its Navidad gold project, CEO Geoff Burns said Wednesday. The Vancouver-based company, ...
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The Phone Oximeter is a smartphone app developed by two British Columbia scientists as an affordable solution for the measurement of oxygen levels in the blood, an important early warning sign for pre-eclampsia in pregnant women, and for ...
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Two new reports from iData Research cover the US market for vascular access devices and the European markets for cardiac surgery and heart valve devices. The European interventional cardiology report covers markets for tissue heart ...
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According to Statistics Canada, Canadian manufacturing sales edged up 0.4 percent to $50.9 billion in March, the sixth advance in seven months. The rise mostly reflected higher sales in the food, machinery, and plastics and rubber products ...
Automotive parts supplier Commercial Vehicle Group is reportedly planning to close its Tigard plant in Oregon, US and eliminate about 89 jobs. The facility is scheduled to be closed by 9 July 2014. It was used to manufacture interior trim ...
Vancouver, Washington-based Northwest Pipe Company has announced that in the first quarter this year it reported a net loss of $9.9 million, compared to a net profit of $9.5 million in the corresponding quarter of the previous year. The ...
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Thirty-three Lower Mainland drayage companies have filed a lawsuit against Port Metro Vancouver and the federal government over the recent dispute resolution with the port’s container truckers. The trucking companies claim that the ...
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Between the federal government, BC provincial government and Port Metro Vancouver, they’ve put together $1.71 million to outfit the remainder of the Port’s container truck fleet with GPS technology. “GPS technology will ...
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US methanol distributor Southern Chemical cut its domestic May methanol contract by 10 cents to $1.70/gal FOB US Gulf, the company said Thursday in a letter to customers. The decrease follows an 11-cent drop, to $1.80/gal FOB US Gulf, in ...
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Viterra Inc. ("Viterra"), Canada's grain industry leader, is pleased to announce that it is executing on a transformative series of operational improvements and upgrades at its Pacific Terminal at Port Metro Vancouver. The project is ...
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