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Power off for Hundreds After Toronto Vault Fire
It's the second underground fire in Toronto in a week, and the third in Canada this month after last week's power-cutting Vancouver fire. While this one wasn't nearly as serious, hundreds of people were left without... Vancouver blackout crashes websites worldwide
Today's power outage in Vancouver has had an impact on business both within the city and far beyond. Hundreds of Internet servers at Vancouver's Harbour Centre lost power, and as a result, websites crashed worldwide.... BC Gold Rush: Energy From The Air
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorDropping everything to Cash in on the Energy Bandwagon, may in principle sounds like a good idea, but many have tried to make a living on principle, leaving many with a... Canadian Cycling Team Symmetrics Feels Financial Heat
One of the best stories in Canadian Cycling from 2007 may become one of the most unfortunate in 2008. After a phenomenal showing last year, including Svein Tuft winning the overall UCI America Tour. The team is... Huge Weekend Storms Blanket Ontario, Quebec and Maritimes
Ontario, Quebec and the maritimes are digging themselves out of the huge amount of snow dumped down throughout the weekend. At least 15-40 cm of snow dropped on to the Greater Toronto Area over a 36 hour period.The... Major Storm to hit Ont. - Winter Storm Watch in Place
If a declining US economy isn't bad enough for Ontario...a major winter storm currently pummeling the U.S. is expected to move North. "All of Southern Ontario is under a winter storm watch this afternoon as...Four national parks in Jambi to be discussed in UNFCCC
"The four are the National Parks of Kerinci Seblat, Berbak, Bukit Dua Belas, and Bukit Tiga Puluh, Director of the Indonesian Community for Conservation (KKI-Warsi) Jambi Rakhmat Hidayat said on Sunday.He said the condition of the four national parks were relatively good and...90,000 still without power after BC Storm
Many British Columbians will have to keep the candles out for a little while longer..."Ninety thousand BC Hydro customers were still without power Tuesday morning as crews continued to repair damage from the massive storm on Sunday and Monday.""It could be Wednesday before...RI Offers power sector investment opportunity to U.S business delegation
" "Our energy policy now is building coal-fired power plants. And we are also using hydro and geothermal energy in power generation because it is cleaner," Minister of Industry Fahmi Idris said after receiving a 30-member American business delegation grouped in the US-ASEAN... Selling BC Down the River
Under the ingenuous guise of an energy "crisis" and providing new "green" energy sources for the Province of British Columbia, Canada, Gordon Campbell's Liberal Government is quietly selling the rights to develop... Brazil goes Nuclear
Brazil has already a couple of nuclear plants, Lula ( Brazil's President) is thinking about build 5-6 more plants."Brazil’s president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has had a rough time in recent months with corruption...Crash whacks out power
Sometime during the night of april 4th 2007, a drunk driver careened off the road and smashes into a hydro poleat the corner of Abbott and Carrall Streets. This caused a localized blackout in the chinatown... Companies seek green light for 8 nuclear reactors
"The companies that operate nuclear power plants in Ontario are seeking environmental approvals to build eight reactors, four times the number in the province's plans.
Energy Minister Dwight Duncan, however, remains... Bye Bye Free Toronto Wifi
This is very unfortunate..."Working from anywhere in downtown Toronto was great for many wireless workers for the past nine months. There was no need to walk aimlessly looking for an open wireless signal, now that...2,100 customers wait for power to return in Ontario
"About 2,100 homes and businesses in Ontario remained without power Sunday in the wake of last week's powerful storm. Thursday's storm brought a punishing combination of heavy snow, freezing rain and powerful winds...
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