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Polar shipping routes have finally been unblocked, thanks to the virtual disappearance of the multiyear ice spanning the Arctic Ocean, according to an Arctic expert.For centuries, enormous sheets of multiyear ice reaching up to 260 feet thick have impeded the way of ships looking for a short cut through the fabled Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific. However, Canada's Research Chair in Arctic System Science at the University of Manitoba, David Barber, noted that the ice is...

TSX-V Symbol: PCY VANCOUVER, Oct. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Prophecy Resource Corp. (TSX.V: PCY) has entered into an Option Agreement with Victory Nickel Inc. (TSX.T: NI) whereby Prophecy has the right to acquire a 100% interest in the Lynn Lake Nickel-Copper Project located in Manitoba, Canada. The Lynn Lake Project is located in the historic mining town of Lynn Lake in northern Manitoba, about 320 kilometres by road access northwest of the Thompson mining camp. The property is the...

TORONTO, Sept. 30 /PRNewswire/ - Manitoba Hydro Place, the iconic new $278 million CAD headquarters of the fourth largest energy utility in Canada, officially opened its doors on 360 Portage Avenue in downtown Winnipeg yesterday. The 695,250 ft (64,590 sq.m), 22-storey office tower with its signature 'Capital A' form and LEED Platinum target was designed by Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects (Toronto) with Smith Carter Architects (Winnipeg) and climate engineers Transsolar...

BROOMFIELD, Colo., Sept. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- To assist the 98 million people in the United States suffering from borderline-to-high cholesterol(1), Silk is launching the Silk(R) Heart Health to support consumers in living naturally healthful lives. Available now, Silk Heart Health breaks new ground in dietary approaches to cholesterol management by combining two clinically proven heart healthy ingredients - natural soy protein and plant sterols - in a single, delicious product(2). Soy,...

TORONTO, July 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Rogers Wireless today announced it has entered into a shared 3.5G High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) wireless network building agreement with MTS Allstream Inc., which will provide customers of Rogers and MTS Allstream with expanded 3.5G HSPA wireless network services in Manitoba. Building a high-speed wireless network together is a cost effective way to increase Rogers Wireless' mobile coverage in the province of Manitoba by the end of 2010. "Rogers...

Convenience store chain 7-Eleven has named Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, the Slurpee Capital of the World for the 10th consecutive year.The company did not release specific numbers of Slurpee sales, but said 20 percent more Slurpees -- the store's popular flavored crushed-ice drinks -- were sold in Winnipeg than the second place city, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, the Winnipeg Free Press reported Thursday.The third place city for Slurpee sales was Detroit.Slurpees are part of life for Manitobans...

Monteris Medical Earns 510(k) Clearance for AutoLITT(TM) KALAMAZOO, Mich., and WINNIPEG, Manitoba, May 13 /PRNewswire/ -- An MRI-guided laser surgery method, in investigational use at both The Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals Case Medical Center, holds promise for thousands of brain tumor patients and has earned clearance from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in neurosurgery. The first applications of the technology are expected to be for the treatment of otherwise...

Canadian productivity fell 0.5 percent in 2008 as real gross domestic product growth decelerated and hours worked rose, the government reported Wednesday. The productivity drop in the world's ninth-largest economy reversed 2007's 0.5 percent productivity rise, Statistics Canada said. Productivity in the goods-producing sector fell 2.2 percent, the first decline in four years, the bureau said. In the services sector, it rose 0.4 percent. In Ontario, Canada's largest economy, productivity fell...

-- RedMAX(R) will enable I-NetLink to enhance its high speed Internet service offerings and expand to new markets -- TORONTO, April 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Redline Communications Group Inc. ("Redline") (TSX:RDL), a leading provider of WiMAX and broadband wireless infrastructure products, today announced that I-NetLink Wireless, a Manitoba-based wireless communications company, has chosen Redline's RedMAX(TM) WiMAX Forum Certified(R) products for its WiMAX network roll-out...

VANCOUVER, April 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Callinan Mines (CAA.V) has completed their winter exploration activity at the Phillips Lake property in the Thompson Nickel Belt area of Northern Manitoba. Three holes were completed to test anomalies located by pulse EM in the vicinity of mineralization located in previous drill programs. Drill core from the program is being split, logged and sent by freight to Acme Analytical Laboratories of Vancouver for analysis. Drilling equipment and crews...