Bombardier nets orders for planes, trains worth US$385M
Orders will see Q400 NextGen planes delivered to WestJet Encore, commuter trains to French rail operator →
BlackBerry acquires anti-snooping firm SecuSmart
Chief executive John Chen says buying the German company will address growing concerns about threats to individual privacy and national security→Chinese hacked into NRC computers: Canadian spy agency
Treasury Board said "highly sophisticated Chinese state-sponsored actor" hacked NRC network→Bechtel named contractor for $400M B.C. LNG facility expansion
Will see 34,000 gigajoules of liquefaction capacity per day added to FortisBC's Tilbury LNG plant→Government played down scope of mercury poisoning: First Nation
Area water has been contaminated with mercury since local paper mill dumped neurotoxins between 1962 and 1970→
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- @Bombardier nets orders for #planes, #trains worth US$385M
- RT @ILMagazine #Canadian #manufacturing poised for true recovery - http://t.co/GiRh2pBWpw - via @CTVNews
- #Aussie firm buys proposed Nova Scotia LNG export site for $11M http://t.co/H6ZBfOYybX
- RT @AvWeekRupa 3-D Printing the Impossible: 21st Century Manufacturing Demands 21st Century Tools via @TMHessmanIW http://t.co/8mFmYJu6RO
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Waste Management selling cleantech subsidiary for US$1.94B
Waste Management's Wheelabrator Technologies unit owns or runs 17 waste-to-energy facilities →TransAlta building 150MW combined cycle gas plant in Australia
Company will build, own and operate combined cycle gas power facility in South Hedland →Experts say Ontario’s utility bureaucracy hinders rise of electric cars
Industry estimates claim less than half a per cent of province's passenger vehicles are electric cars →Made possible by:
Climate Change & Emissions Management Corporation
