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Save the trees: Never-ending construction in cities threatens the urban forest
City trees are important: they purify the air, reduce heat islands, help regulate the water cycle and provide immense health benefits. Yet unbridled development threatens the survival of the urban forest and the full range of ecosystem services it provides.
Feds, province announce broadband project funding for Niagara Region
Construction of the infrastructure network is expected to be up and running with service expected to start through the second half of 2022. These projects are valued at a combined $21.2 million.
$11M invested in broadband infrastructure
The investment is part of the province’s broadband and cellular action plan which aims to bring faster internet to more than 7,000 households and businesses across the North.
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan to aim for net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050
Canada’s largest single−profession pension plan says in the coming weeks it will establish concrete targets for portfolio emissions and ensure companies it invests in report emissions annually.
Unifor approves $1 billion General Motors deal to build electric vans in Ontario
The union’s 1,900 Local 88 members voted online Sunday on a tentative deal with the automaker to transform GM’s CAMI plant in Ingersoll, Ont., into a hub for producing electric commercial delivery vans.