Business input wanted for 10-year Niagara Economic Development Strategy
Niagara businesses and community stakeholders have a chance to help inform the creation of Niagara’s new 10-year economic development strategy through a series of digital workshops running Nov. 3 – 12.
Through five Future of the Economy virtual workshops, businesses and other community stakeholders will join minds to generate and prototype ideas for Niagara’s economic future, and talk through the details of how the best ideas could come to fruition.
Businesses and stakeholders can register for any of the sessions, or take the survey online at https://niagaracanada.com/about-us/strategic-plan/.
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Prime Minister announces enhanced action to cut pollution at COP26 summit
The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today announced Canada’s enhanced plans to support the global phase-out of thermal coal, help developing countries transition to clean fuel alternatives as quickly as possible, and reduce pollution in the oil and gas sector. Canada is working toward ending exports of thermal coal by no later than 2030. The Prime Minister also announced up to $1 billion for the Climate Investment Funds Accelerated Coal Transition Investment Program, through Canada’s international climate finance contribution, to help developing countries transition from coal-fired electricity to clean power as quickly as possible.
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Council of Chief Medical Officers of Health report no current need for COVID-19 boosters
Given there is currently no evidence of widespread waning of protection against severe disease in the general population who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in Canada, boosters for this group are not required at this time but we will continue to monitor vaccine effectiveness and other data to inform the need in the future. NACI’s current recommendations for key populations were informed by the current epidemiology in Canada and the latest evidence of vaccine effectiveness and potential decreased protection.
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Canada will put a cap on oil and gas sector emissions, Trudeau tells COP26 summit
CBC News
Canada will impose a hard cap on emissions from the oil and gas sector, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday at the COP26 summit in Glasgow.
Calling the promise “a major commitment” that should inspire other resource-rich countries to dramatically curb their own emissions, Trudeau said Canada is prepared to limit the growth of one of the country’s largest industries to help the world hold the global average temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
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