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BY BILL CORCORAN, IN CAPE TOWN

SOUTH Africa has deposits of rare earth elements (REEs) to rival that of Australia, and the country is poised to take advantage of this increasingly strategic resource, according to Mintek, the government’s mineral technology organisation.…

BY MJ DESCHAMPS

INTERNATIONAL travel in the last decade has become exponentially more secure, with countries all around the globe having reformed their systems to cope with transnational crime in a post-9/11 world – largely, through the increased collection, processing and legislation of passenger information.…

BY MJ DESCHAMPS

OPERATIONS at Canada’s largest open-pit asbestos mine will be re-starting shortly, with exports of chrysotile set to begin within a year, following the signing of a financing agreement between the Québec government and a consortium of shareholders.

Mine Jeffrey’s Canadian dollar CAD83 million (USD 81.45 million) financing agreement to restart operations – which includes a CAD25 million investment from shareholders of the mine, and a CAD58 million loan bearing 10% interest – will help the Asbestos, Québec, mine complete the construction of its underground infrastructure, rendering the mine productive for the next 20 years, at least.…

BY LEAH GERMAIN, IN EDMONTON

WHEN Percy Henry was a young boy, there was no TV or radio for his childhood entertainment. Instead, the resident of Dawson City, Yukon, remembers working at the community’s sawmill, where he was rewarded for his hard work with stories told by elders.…

BY CARMEN PAUN, IN RIO DE JANEIRO

THE WORLD’S energy ministers are pondering policy responses to ‘The Future We Want’, a document summarising recommendations from the United Nations (UN) Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) which ended June 22 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.…

BY MJ DESCHAMPS

The Canadian government’s long-awaited copyright reforms have finally been passed by the country’s House of Commons, and there are concerns that the legislation could deter publishers from providing books to Canada’s universities and colleges.

The new law adds ‘education’ – the term is otherwise undefined – as a purpose under ‘fair dealing’, which, according to Carolyn Wood, executive director of the Canadian Association of Publishers, means "copying need not be compensated if the purpose of the copying is education."…

BY MJ DESCHAMPS

AT a time where concern is increasing about the transmission to new generations of regional languages across North America and worldwide, in southeastern New Brunswick, young people are embracing a hybrid dialect called ‘Chiac’ – and they find it "right dla fun".…

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 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.…