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BY LEAH GERMAIN, IN EDMONTON

GOOD roads and bridges are so vital to efficient transportation in industrialised countries that central or federal governments often assign annual budgets to them.

Canadians need look no further for an example than the USA, where the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) dispenses financial assistance to support state and local governments in building, maintaining and improving highways.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

The European Commission and Greenland have signed a letter of intent that could increase the role of European Union (EU) mining companies in the development of the autonomous territory’s considerable mineral resources.

EU industry Commissioner Antonio Tajani and development Commissioner Andris Piebalgs have struck a deal with Greenland Prime Minister Kuupik Kleis over future EU involvement in exploration and exploitation.…

BY KITTY SO

FORD, Fiat, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Toyota, Mazda, and Hyundai: the list of car manufacturers switching to bioplastics for internal components is full of heavyweights and growing.

Attracted initially by environmental benefits, car makers and their suppliers now ask what added functionality they can get from non-compostable, bio-based materials.…

BY KITTY SO, IN OTTAWA

BRITISH nurses are not alone in receiving wider prescribing powers that would include special classes of government regulated drugs, considered prone to greater potential for abuse: Canadian nurses are also gaining similar responsibilities.

The UK government changed legislation in April, to expand the prescribing and drug mixing powers of pharmacists and nurses to cover ‘controlled drugs,’ which the government falling under two legislations: the Medicines Act, managed by the UK Department of Health, and the Misuse of Drugs Act, which is controlled by the Home Office.…

BY MJ DESCHAMPS, IN OTTAWA

AS regards Francophone Canadian literature and English Canadian literature, the ‘two solitudes’ are often present in the context of the country’s book market – with clear divides between English and French publishing houses, retailers and distributors – but what about within the literature itself?…

BY LEAH GERMAIN, IN EDMONTON

EXPERTS, industry and provincial and municipal governments met this month [June] to discuss progress and improvements to a set of detailed guidelines for planning, defining, and integrating intelligent transportation systems specifically for Canada’s needs. ‘The ITS (Intelligent Transportation Systems Architecture for Canada 2.0’ is the country’s second such set of detailed guidance.…

BY LEAH GERMAIN, IN EDMONTON

WINTER is a dangerous time for Canadian drivers. Sleet, hail, snow and ice are threats from November to late March, depending on the region. Parts of the east coast province of Newfoundland experience an average 4.43 metres (14ft 6ins) of winter snowfall.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A MAJOR international meeting on making air transport more sustainable has heard calls for a harmonisation of civil aviation administrative and regulatory processes, encouraging efficiency and transparency.

Overly complex rules controlling how airlines can use airports and airspace are restricting the sector’s growth, delegates told an International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) symposium, at the UN agency’s headquarters in Montréal, Canada.…

BY MJ DESCHAMPS, IN OTTAWA

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is initiating investigations into alleged "injurious" dumping and subsidising of certain steel piping manufactured in or exported from China.

The probe follows a complaint issued by Ontario’s Atlas Tube Canada Inc.…

BY LEAH GERMAIN

AIRPORTS must focus on creating new sources for commercial revenue at their facilities outside their core air industry service, such as food and beverage, retail and rental services, to diversify revenues in today’s competitive market, the director of economics and programme development at Airports Council International’s (ACI) explained.…