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Small Modular Reactors (SMRs): Winning the race in securing access to low-carbon energy
The value proposition of small modular (nuclear) reactors in supporting global energy needs for decarbonized baseload power.
Regulatory Reform: Unlocking Opportunity
The role of regulations in productivity and prosperity and how streamlining regulations can enhance both.
Collaborating with Governments to Rethink Regulation
How regulatory reform can unlock investment in the mining and metals space globally.
Energy Costs Stretching Price Elasticity
Economic and geopolitical factors impact energy affordability.
Hydrogen Pathways to Net-Zero
Building the business case for hydrogen investment in Canada including an examination of the role in water in hydrogen development.
Scaling Solutions: Commercializing Canadian Cleantech
A pathway forward to scaling climate solutions to realize decarbonization and investment goals for Canada.
Toronto storm causes flooding, downed power lines
Toronto police say that Tuesday's storms have led to reports of wires down, some fallen trees and flooding.
The storm that swept across much of southwestern Ontario brought between 15 to 20 millimetres of rain with locally heavier amounts, CBC meteorologist Michelle Leslie said. At Dufferin Street and Steeles Avenue West, the unofficial total was a whopping 58 millimetres.
Markham: 14.6 mm
Mississauga: 11 to 20 mm
Downtown Toronto: 14.5 mm
Brampton: 40 mm
Dufferin and Steeles: 58 mm
The storm...
COMMENTARY: Food is a terrible thing to waste
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Conflict Cobalt
It is one of the most sought-after minerals on earth. Solar cells, cellphones, tablets and even the production of electric vehicles rely on the extraction and production of cobalt to produce the rechargeable, lithium-ion batteries that we rely on to power our daily lives. (Read More)
Why Buffalo’s blizzard could never happen in New England - The Boston Globe
Buffalo has Lake Erie. New England has the Atlantic Ocean. There lies the biggest reason why an epic storm like the one socking a sliver of upstate New York this week with 6, 7 and even 8 feet of snow in some places, is so unlikely to ever happen here....
How new technology and weather forecasting are helping the poor ...
How new technology and weather forecasting are help...
Artificial intelligence at the service of schools and society
The great race in Artificial Intelligence (AI) is now a global reality and Canada is intensifying its commitment and investment with the Pan-Canadian Artificial Intelligence Strategy, with over 100 million Canadian dollars destined for the new generation of technology and computer skills. (Read More)
Accident Tolerant Fuel
This March marks five years since Fukushima. On March 11, 2011, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake opened up the sea floor and within an hour, a wall of water almost 50 ft (15 m) high would drown the coast of Japan. (Read More)
Cellphone apps, theater production help teens recognize, treat depression - The Boston Globe
Clinical depression among teenagers is moving from the shadows into the spotlight. Teens who suffer from depression struggle to talk openly about it, but now cell phone applications are providing a new tool to help them recognize and seek help for it, and theater is providing a stage for them...
With Zero-Waste grocery stores popping up around the GTA, we wondered whether this trend could stick around?
With Zero-Waste grocery stores popping up around the GTA, we wondered whether this trend could stick around? Sustainability expert Michelle Leslie joins us to discuss. (Listen Here)