Bird will finance the $32-million transaction mostly through debt with balance coming from Bird treasury shares issued to the seven principal vendor shareholders. The deal closed at midnight on September 1.

Canadian businesses are struggling to find workers with digital skills as the pandemic continues to accelerate technology adoption and automation, a new survey has found. 

The building is scheduled for completion in August 2023, and will serve as the consolidated operations centre for more than 400 employees. It has been designed to achieve LEED Gold certification.

When it goes into service in 2022, the new two-unit hydroelectric station will provide approximately 11 megawatts of power for the province by efficiently using the water currently available on the Madawaska River.

The project topped off on August 27, and is being built under the province’s Accelerated Build Pilot Program, and should be completed next year.