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The Drilldown: Prentice’s pipeline push turns into a listening tour
Dec03

The Drilldown: Prentice’s pipeline push turns into a listening tour

Get the Drilldown brief straight to their inbox each weekday. Just click here. ~ • ~ The Lead Alberta Premier Jim Prentice’s eastern adventure hasn’t yet moved popular interest in TransCanada Corp.’s Energy East pipeline, though his soft power approach has cooled the rhetoric around energy. After a fortnight that saw...

Landmine injuries down worldwide but Canada needs to boost support, says new report
Dec03

Landmine injuries down worldwide but Canada needs to boost support, says new report

The international treaty to ban landmines signed in Ottawa on Dec. 3, 1997, is slowly eradicating the production and use of the crippling weapons, according to a study released Wednesday. Landmine Monitor, an annual report by the Nobel-prize winning International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL), says that fewer people were killed and injured by...

Ukraine minister: No danger after fault at nuclear plant cuts power production
Dec03

Ukraine minister: No danger after fault at nuclear plant cuts power production

KIEV, Ukraine – Ukraine’s energy minister said Wednesday that a technical fault at a nuclear power plant in the south of the country has cut power production but he insisted the incident poses no danger. Volodymyr Demchishin said that the fault at a power-generating unit No. 3 in the Zaporozhiya plant led to a drop in electricity...

Ukraine says nuclear power plant disruption poses no danger
Dec03

Ukraine says nuclear power plant disruption poses no danger

Ukraine’s energy minister said Wednesday that a technical fault at a nuclear power plant in the south of the country has cut power production but he insisted it poses no danger. …read more Source: CTV...

Ukraine says fault at nuclear power plant cuts power output but poses no danger
Dec03

Ukraine says fault at nuclear power plant cuts power output but poses no danger

KIEV, Ukraine – Ukraine’s energy minister says a technical fault at a nuclear power plant in the south of country has cut power production but insists it poses no danger. Volodymr Demchishin said Wednesday that a short circuit at a power-generating unit in the Zaporozhiya plant led to a drop in electricity production. He says normal output...

Ukrainian energy minister discloses accident at nuclear power plant
Dec03

Ukrainian energy minister discloses accident at nuclear power plant

Ukraine’s Energy Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn said on Wednesday an accident at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southeast Ukraine posed no danger and that the plant would return to running as normal on Dec. 5. …read more Source:...

‘Accident’ at nuclear plant deepens Ukraine’s power crisis
Dec03

‘Accident’ at nuclear plant deepens Ukraine’s power crisis

‘I know that an accident has occurred at the Zaporizhye NPP,’ Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk says …read more Source: The Globe and...

Award winning journalist says truth is under fire in Ukraine
Dec03

Award winning journalist says truth is under fire in Ukraine

…read more Source: Toronto...

NATO alliance approves quick reaction against Russia
Dec03

NATO alliance approves quick reaction against Russia

The 28 member countries will improve defences against Russia’s aggression and other threats, a decision largely spurred by the country’s actions in Ukraine. …read more Source: Toronto...

Stranded ship crew members headed home
Dec02

Stranded ship crew members headed home

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Union leaders say a cargo ship stranded at the port of Argentia in Newfoundland since Aug. 4 has been sold to new owners.A statement from the Fish, Food and Allied Workers-Unifor union says eight Ukrainian and three Russian crew members on board the Jana have been paid.Gerard Bradbury with the International...