November 21, 2012 - The Infrastructure Health & Safety Association (IHSA) is launching a new poster campaign to promote safe workplaces across the various sectors it serves in the wake of several tragic deaths from October 15 through ...
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PowerStream has donated one of its bucket trucks to Conestoga College in Ingersoll, Ont., "in recognition of the need to assist in the education and training of future Powerline Technicians for Ontario's electricity industry". Students at ...
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Canadian food processing company Maple Leaf Foods plans to establish a new distribution center in Puslinch Township, in the County of Wellington, Ontario, Canada. The center will act as the company's prepared meats distribution hub for ...
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Sears Canada unveils four more of its new,refreshed store concepts in two Ontario locations:New Sudbury Centre and Oshawa Centre,and two Quebec locations:Les Galeries d'Anjou and Carrefour du Nord in Saint-Jerome.These stores reflect the ...
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November 20, 2012 - Toronto’s Ryerson University launched what it calls Canada’s first business incubator and accelerator devoted solely to urban energy. Housed at the Centre for Urban Energy (CUE), the Innovation Centre for ...
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November 21, 2012 - Fusetek general manager Malcolm Bird announced that Randy Fillmore will step into the role of national sales manager starting January 3, 2013. Randy has been Fusetek’s Ontario sales manager for the last several ...
November 20, 2012 - An orphanage in a remote location in Jamaica has seen a marked improvement in its access to electricity thanks to a group of York, Ontario-based volunteers who recently installed a new solar PV panel system at the ...
Tags: Jamaica, electricity, Solar Donation
The importers and retailers in Canada are voluntarily recalling Krown brand cherry tomatoes and store-made party trays containing cherry tomatoes due to possible Salmonella contamination, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency ...
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December 18, 2012 - Ontario’s College of Trades says its Review Panels are calling for submissions on the journeyperson-to-apprentice ratios from the fourth groups of trades, which includes Group D-18: Electrician: construction and ...
December 17, 2012 - Ontario’s Electrical Safety Authority (ESA) presented Georgian College with an award for improving electrical safety through participation in its Continuous Safety Services (CSS) Program, which allows the college ...
Tags: Georgian College Recognized, Consumer Electronics, log projects with ESA
MISSISSAUGA, Ontario --- Its short-term consumer loan operations continue to drive growth for Easyhome in the third quarter as its core merchandise leasing business suffered a slight setback during the period, even though furniture sales ...
TORONTO --- After announcing its blockbuster decision earlier this week to acquire its archrival The Brick, retailer Leon's Furniture posted a 15% decline in net profit for the recently ended third quarter, attributing the fall to increased ...
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Aeropostale Inc.a mall-based specialty retailer of casual and active apparel for young women and men announced that it has acquired online women's fashion footwear and apparel retailer GoJane. Based in Ontario,California,GoJane is a ...
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TORONTO -- Registration for the 2013 edition of the Canadian Home Furnishings Market, Canada's only national trade event for the furniture and home furnishings industries, is open. The market will run Jan. 12-15 at the International ...
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OPEL appoints VP of technology as consultant on POET technology OPEL Technologies Inc of Toronto, Ontario, Canada – which makes high-concentration photovoltaic (HCPV) panels and solar tracker systems through its subsidiary OPEL ...
Tags: OPEL POET, Lights, Lighting, Lee Shepherd, appoints