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Another 27 RStandard(TM) Monopoles Shipped To Nova Scotia CALGARY, May 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Resin Systems Inc. ("RS") (RS - TSX), a technology innovator and manufacturer of advanced composite products for infrastructure markets, announces that Seaside Wireless Communications has received shipment of an additional 27 RStandard(TM) modular composite poles for their portion of the "Broadband for Rural Nova Scotia" initiative, a service designed to provide high-speed internet access for...
Canada's unemployment rate was unchanged at 8 percent in April, although employment grew by 36,000 jobs, Statistics Canada reported Friday. The agency attributed the increase to more workers becoming self-employed and, despite the gain, overall employment has fallen by 321,000 since a peak in October 2008. All the employment growth in April occurred in Quebec, which gained 22,000 new jobs and British Columbia, which posted 17,000 jobs. Nova Scotia shed 4,100 jobs and Newfoundland and...
HALIFAX, April 20 /PRNewswire/ - April 20th 2009, Halifax, Nova Scotia - CanJet Airlines will provide a media update on Flight 918 at 07h15 ADT. Who: Kent Woodside, Vice President and General Manager, CanJet Airlines Location: Hilton Garden Inn, Pictou Room, 200 Pratt and Whitney Dr., Halifax, NS Time: 07h15 ADT Date: April 20, 2009 SOURCE CANJET AIRLINES
A money-losing eastern Canadian poultry processor has announced 300 job cuts and a permanent plant closure in north-central Nova Scotia. Ian Blenkharn, chief executive officer of ACA Cooperative Ltd. in Kentville said the group and its Eastern Protein subsidiary lost $6 million in 2008 and was expected to post losses for this year as well, The Chronicle-Herald newspaper in Halifax reported. The co-op has filed for creditor protection, the newspaper said. The co-op had a $3.5-million working...
A 55-foot Christmas tree was bound for Boston from the Canadian province of Nova Scotia Tuesday as part of an annual appreciation of the city's help in 1917. The spruce tree was felled on private property Monday in a ceremony in rural Clementsvale, near the province's north shore west of Halifax, the Chronicle-Herald reported. Since 1971, Nova Scotia has provided Boston with a giant tree for the Boston Common as thanks for the city's help when munitions ships exploded in Halifax Harbor and...
A giant Atlantic bluefin tuna weighing more than half a ton had the honor of being fitted with the 1000th electronic tracking tag placed on this threatened species when it was caught and released on Monday (October 20) in the Gulf of St. Lawrence off Port Hood, Nova Scotia.The prized fish, which measured 10 feet in length, was tagged by a scientific team from the Tag-A-Giant campaign of Stanford University, Dalhousie University and the Monterey Bay Aquarium, working in collaboration with...
RICHMOND, BC, Oct. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- VRB Power Systems Inc. (TSX-V: VRB) announces it has been identified by Scotian Windfields Inc. ("Scotian Windfields"), a Nova Scotia community-owned wind company, to potentially supply two 60kW x 4hour VRB Energy Storage Systems(TM) (VRB-ESS) for a pilot wind project funded by the ecoNova Scotia program. Scotian Windfields has up to 18 months to use a $350,000 grant it received in federal funding to demonstrate renewable energy battery storage...
MONTREAL, CANADA--(Marketwire - Oct. 8, 2008) - OREX EXPLORATION INC. (TSX VENTURE:OX)(FRANKFURT:O5D) would like to provide its shareholders with additional gold assay results from the Phase 2A diamond drilling program (Holes BR08-12 to 15, inclusive) on the Company's wholly-owned Goldboro Gold Project ("Goldboro") in north eastern Nova Scotia. All 16 holes (BR08-01 to 16), comprising approximately 4,650 m of the Phase 2A drill program, have been completed with assays pending on...
HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA--(Marketwire - Sept. 29, 2008) - Silvor Foxx Capital Corp. (TSX VENTURE:SFX): Mr. Harold Cabrita, President & CEO of Silvor Foxx Capital Corp. ('Silvor Foxx' or the 'Corporation') is pleased to announce an update on the Corporation's 100% owned mineral rights at Coxheath, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. The drilling program was designed to accomplish two objectives: 1) To investigate the nature of selected chargeability anomalies in the 250-350m vertical depth range...
By David Sharp Associated Press MACHIAS, Maine -- Fishermen moved boats to shelter from a rare burst of tropical weather along Maine's rugged eastern coast Sunday as a weakening Hurricane Kyle spun past on its way to Canada, delivering a glancing blow equivalent to a classic nor'easter that made locals yawn. As darkness fell, the storm produced winds hard enough to jiggle road signs and rip early-autumn leaves from trees while lashing the Maine coast with a third straight day of heavy rain....
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Symbol: SPCAN Group: Monocot Family: Orchidaceae Duration: Perennial Growth Habit: Forb/herb Native Status: CAN N Distribution: SpiranthescaseiCatling & Cruise var.novaescotiaeCatling distribution:CAN(NS) Classification: Kingdom Plantae – Plants Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants Class ...
The Portly Spider Crab (Libinia emarginata), is a species of crab found in estuarine habitats on the coast of North America from Nova Scotia to the Gulf of Mexico. For amateur fishermen they are generally not considered edible, as opposed to the blue crab which is often found in the same waters. This crab grows to about 4 inches across its back, which is spiny and often covered with a "garden" of sponge and seaweed. The carapace is shiny, covered with short hairs, and its color varies from...
The Portly Spider Crab (Libinia emarginata), is a species of crab found in estuarine habitats on the east coast of North America from Nova Scotia to the Gulf of Mexico. This crab grows to about 4 inches across its back, which is spiny and often covered with a "garden" of sponge and seaweed. The carapace is shiny, covered with short hairs, and its color varies from brown to a dull yellow. The tips of the claws are white. The hairs on the shell attract algae, barnacles, and debris. They like...
The grey triggerfish (Balistes capriscus) is a triggerfish of Eastern Atlantic areas. It is found from Mediterranean to Angola, and Nova Scotia to Argentina.
