A collection of eye-catching stained glass installations by a Toronto artist is generating solar power in three provinces, and one of them is in the process of being hooked up to the Saskatchewan grid. "Lux Gloria" by Sarah Hall, at the ...
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has rejected claims of an Apple patent that figures prominently in a patent infringement lawsuit against Samsung Electronics, according to documents filed by the South Korean company in a U.S. federal ...
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Cotton cultivation in Latin American country of Colombia has deteriorated due to the decreasing demand from both the domestic and global textile industry as well as lack of sophisticated pest management program. According to the ...
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Canadian Agricultural cooperative Agropur has entered into an agreement to acquire Coast Mountain Dairy, an ice cream producer based in British Columbia, Canada, for an undisclosed amount. Coast Mountain Dairy is a manufacturer of ice ...
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US-based New Belgium Brewing has signed an agreement with eight distribution partners in Utah to supply its beer in the state. All the distributors are part of the Anheuser-Busch InBev network, which include General Distributing, Big Four ...
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Bill Bennett, British Columbia's minister of energy and mines, said BC Hydro will offer new options for customers who have put their smart meters on hold. "Smart meters are now part of our standard operating equipment, just like utility ...
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Indian state-run steelmaking and mining company Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL), also known as Vizag Steel, has announced that it has signed a cooperation agreement with the ministry of international trade of British Columbia, Canada, ...
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Total retail search volumes grew 15% in the second quarter of 2013 compared with the same quarter a year earlier. Search volumes on tablet devices outpaced those on any other device, increasing 132% compared with growth on smartphone ...
Commission for the promotion of Peru Export and Tourism (PromPeru) has scheduled 14 Peruvian companies to participate in Colombiamoda 2013 fair, to be held between July 23 and 25 in Colombia. The Peruvian textile and apparel companies ...
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Canada-based Cool Beer Brewing has introduced its Stonewall Light and Millennium Buzz beers in Rexam SLEEK cans. Rexam's aluminum beer cans offer better durability, portability and UV barrier protection to preserve freshness of the beer. ...
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Personal lines insurer Allstate has agreed to divest its life and annuity businesses Lincoln Benefit Life Company (LBL) to Resolution Life, in a deal agreed for $600m. The insurer said that it will cease issuing fixed annuities at the end ...
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CALGARY, Alta. - May 28 may have been a significant date in Canadian trucking history. That was when Shell fired a major shot in what many think is a fuel revolution, unveiling to the public the first of its commercial LNG refuelling ...
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According to the Government of British Columbia, there will be an estimated one million job openings in the province over the next decade, with opportunities in liquefied natural gas, mining and mineral exploration, and shipbuilding. Of ...
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Several influential environmental groups are gearing up to sue the Obama administration for refusing to regulate US coal mines as major emitters of methane, a greenhouse gas that many scientists say is fueling climate change. Ashley ...
Housing starts in Canada were trending at 184,514 units in June compared to 184,087 in May, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The trend is a six-month moving average of the monthly seasonally adjusted annual rates ...