Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Steve Lambert
Publication Date: April 16, 2025 - 18:49
Manitoba, Nunavut premiers hopeful for hydro project, seeking federal help
April 16, 2025
The premiers of Manitoba and Nunavut are hopeful a proposed hydroelectric and fibre optic project is moving closer to fruition and are seeking federal money.Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew and Nunavut Premier P.J. Akeeagok have signed a memorandum to work together on the project and ask Ottawa for capital funding.The proposed Kivalliq Hydro-Fibre Link would see a 1,200-kilometre line built through northern Manitoba to several Nunavut communities west of Hudson Bay that currently use diesel to generate electricity.
Unpublished Newswire
Calgary Transit officials said the service's operating budget has not been able to keep up with the city's rapid population growth.
May 14, 2025 - 20:01 | Adam MacVicar | Global News - Canada
The building has been fenced off and partially covered by a tarp for almost two years now. Now, condo owners say there's hope they could get some money back soon.
May 14, 2025 - 19:58 | Erik Bay | Global News - Canada
B.C. Premier David Eby says a trade mission to Asia next month will help the province become the “engine of a new Canada,” but one economist says B.C. also needs to become more competitive at home.Eby will be visiting Japan, South Korea and Malaysia between June 1 and June 10 as part of a business delegation also including B.C. Agriculture Minister Lana Popham and Paul Choi, parliamentary secretary for Asia-Pacific trade.Eby says the trip is aimed at deepening ties with existing customers buying goods from British Columbia and finding new ones for natural resources in demand around the...
May 14, 2025 - 19:49 | Wolfgang Depner | The Globe and Mail
Comments
Be the first to comment