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CN reiterates plan to upgrade Prairie North Line through Humboldt HUMBOLDT, SK, May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Today, CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE: CNI) president and chief executive officer Claude Mongeau helped the citizens of Humboldt, Sask. inaugurate the Community Trail project, part of the CN EcoConnexions - From the Ground Up program. Humboldt is one of 25 communities selected to receive funding from the program to date. The program's objective is to promote the greening of...
OTTAWA, May 13, 2013 /CNW/ - The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) and the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business (CCAB) today announced that nominations are open for this year's Aboriginal Business Leadership Award. The $5,000 award recognizes and celebrates First Nations entrepreneurs for their success in a forest products business that exemplifies business leadership, exceptional environmental and safety performance and the delivery of high-quality products and...
TORONTO, May 13, 2013 /CNW/ - Magnificent work by William Kurelek, the Group of Seven, Marcelle Ferron, E.J. Hughes and Painter's Eleven highlight a strongly-balanced sale of rarity, quality and variety within the Joyner Waddington's Spring Auction of Important Canadian Art, taking place on Monday, June 3(rd) at 7:00 pm in Toronto. A vivid and haunting vision of Toronto's lower Yonge Street, William Kurelek's He Gloats Over Our Scepticism is well-known to collectors and followers...
CANTON, Ohio, May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR; www.timken.com) today announced the continued expansion of its industrial services capabilities with the acquisition of the Standard Machine business based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100210/TIMKENLOGO ) Standard Machine provides new gearboxes, gearbox service and repair, open gearing, large fabrication, machining and field technical services to end?users in...
IRVING, Texas, May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- BT announced the appointment of Bas Burger to the position of president of BT US & Canada and president for the Global Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) and the Global Pharmaceutical and Chemical industry sectors. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130513/NY12415) With a presence in the U.S. and Canada for more than 20 years, BT operates its own network infrastructure serving more than 1,000 customers in North America, including...
OTTAWA, ON, May 13, 2013 /CNW/ - Magor Corporation (TSX-V: MCC), a global leader in visual collaboration solutions, today announced that it has won contracts collectively valued at over $140,000 with three new Canadian customers for installation of its Room-based and All-in-One units across various locations in Canada. In addition, Magor expects maintenance and licensing fees, which equate to approximately 18% of the contract value to be paid annually. "More and more enterprises...
SYMBOL: TSX: AGT REGINA, May 13, 2013 /CNW/ - Alliance Grain Traders Inc. ("AGT") has announced its financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2013. Results include: -- EBITDA* was $13.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013 compared to $6.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012, an increase of 121% and compared to $12.5 million for the three months ended December 31, 2012. -- Revenue...
LAS VEGAS, May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Dear Shareholders: Over the past several months, Mission Mining Company has undergone a total reconstruction of the Company's business model, moving away from environmental technology development and focusing entirely on gold, silver, and precious metals mining and processing. Rebuilding and restructuring a public company is a monumental task that has required over six months of arduous effort by our management team, attorneys, advisors, and...
MCM Events, the conferences and events division of Maximum Capacity Media, publisher of Crane & Rigging Hot Line magazine, has announced that Skip Ohman, technical advisor at The Crosby Group, will deliver a paper to this year’s Crane and Rigging Conference (CRC) Canada, Oct. 22-23 at the Edmonton Marriott at River Cree Resort, Edmonton, Alberta. (PRWEB) May 11, 2013 MCM Events, the conferences and events division of Maximum Capacity Media, publisher of Crane and Rigging Hot Line...
NOTE TO EDITORS: High Definition video available for download at http://www.sendtonews.com?SK=JqOVIIxvX2 TORONTO, May 10, 2013 /CNW/ - Before a sold out crowd this evening at Toronto's Mattamy Athletic Centre, the Canadian Paralympic Committee celebrated champions past and present at the Paralympic Hall of Fame and Sport Awards Ceremony. Honored in person tonight were the six 2013 inductees, announced last month, in to the Canadian Paralympic Committee Hall of Fame:...
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The Yellow Rail is a small water bird and is part of the family Rallidae. Yellow rails are only slightly larger than sparrows; they grow to about 7.5 inches. They weigh 1.8 ounces, with a wingspan of about 11 inches. The males and females look similar. The mature adults have brown upperparts streaked with black, a yellowish-brown breast, a light belly and barred flanks. It has a short thick dark bill that turns yellow in the males during breeding season. The back feathers are edged with...
The grey seal (Halichoerus grypus), known as the gray seal in the United States is a species that can be found on shores on both sides of the North Atlantic Ocean. Its other common names include the Atlantic grey seal and the horsehead seal, because of its elongated nose. It has a large range on the shores of Ireland and Great Britain, with larger populations residing in areas including the Farne Islands near the Northumberland Coast, North Rona near northern Scotland, and Ramsey Island near...
Franklin’s ground squirrel (Poliocitellus franklinii) is native to the northern area of the United States and Canada, inhabiting tall grasses on the American prairie. Joseph Sabine who named it after Sir John Franklin, a British Arctic explorer, first described this squirrel in 1822. Previously, it was classified in the Spermophilus genus, within its own subgenus. However, genetic testing showed that it belonged in a different genus because it was paraphyletic, and so it was placed in...
The above cloud is known as a towering cumulus cloud or TCU for short. TCU clouds are a form of cumulus clouds. They are the second stage of the cumulus family. The thing that makes these clouds unique is the vertical extent of them. They can extend very high into the atmosphere and sometimes they form in multiple rows. Towering Cumulus clouds can bring waterspouts when they are over the open waters and they are responsible for heavy rain. TCU Clouds have two types of air within them. They...
As a meteorologist you are taught quickly the term Air Mass. This term means an area of relatively flat and uniform terrain with the same temp and moisture content. There are places in the world that are conducive for being air mass zones such as Siberia and also the flat plains of Canada. However, the key is to remember that air masses move. The area in Canada is known as the Canadian High pressure center. This high pressure moves southeastward towards the United States all the time. This...
