In this edition:
- Niagara College among recipients of provincial funding to train construction and planning workers
- New Thorold non-profit housing development nearing completion
- Alectra receives $6M for programs connecting customer-owned power generation to grid
- Six new townhouses coming to Welland through Habitat Niagara
- Canada Post and union meeting delayed until next week due to mediator availability
- Focus on Climate
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Photo credit: Niagara College
Niagara College among recipients of provincial funding to train construction and planning workers
The Ontario government is investing $75 million to train up to 7,800 additional students at colleges, universities and Indigenous Institutes across the province for in-demand jobs in construction and urban planning. This investment will fund up to 7,500 new seats at colleges and Indigenous Institutes for construction programs such as welding, carpentry and renovation techniques.
Niagara College was named as a recipient.
Picture credit: Thorold Municipal Non-Profit Housing Corp.
New Thorold non-profit housing development nearing completion
A new 60-unit development by the Thorold Municipal Non-Profit Housing Corp. expects to be accepting tenants toward the end of the year.
At this week’s regular meeting of Thorold city council, corporation chair John Kenny gave an update on the project at 5 Baker St. — a five-storey building for seniors.
Photo credit: StockPhotoPro / Adobe Stock
Alectra receives $6M for programs connecting customer-owned power generation to grid
Alectra Utilities has received $6 million from the Government of Canada for its Centricity: Empowering Customers in Future Grid Evolution project. The objective of this project is to transform Alectra Utilities Corporation’s distribution grid electricity customers into active electricity system participants by allowing customer-owned devices such as solar panels and batteries to access and benefit from electricity markets.
The announcement was one of five made today – two of which were Alectra projects.
Picture credit: Habitat for Humanity Niagara
Six new townhouses coming to Welland through Habitat Niagara
Habitat for Humanity Niagara is building six new townhouses at Plymouth Road and First Street in Welland and is seeking six local families ready to embrace the responsibilities and rewards of owning a home.
Photo credit: Kevin Brine / Adobe Stock
Canada Post and union meeting delayed until next week due to mediator availability
A meeting between Canada Post and the union representing 55,000 postal workers has been delayed until next week due to the availability of federal mediators, the company says.
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Focus on Climate
17 transatlantic shipments later, Canadian crops still outperform Europe on carbon
Staff article, Seed World
Canadian-grown wheat, canola and peas have some of the lowest carbon footprints in the world—so low that, in some cases, they could be shipped to Europe 17 times before matching the emissions of the same crops grown there.
The study out of UBC Okanagan, published in Nature Food, compared the carbon footprints of these crops from Canada, France, Germany, Australia and the United States using the ISO 14067 standard.
Led by Dr. Nicole Bamber of UBCO’s Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, the research shows that Canada’s lower emissions are mainly due to soil storing more carbon and less nitrous oxide being released.
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