Waratah Forestry Equipment is celebrating 50 years of innovation within the forestry industry, and is thanking its customers for decades of trust and loyalty to the brand.
The Government of Ontario and the Government Canada are investing more than $11.3 million to cleantech development and services company CHAR Technologies (CHAR). The investment will expand the company’s facility in Thorold, creating the largest facility of its kind in Canada, and the only renewable natural gas (RNG) and biocarbon facility in the country to exclusively use woody biomass. Expanding CHAR’s Thorold facility will create close to 40 new direct and indirect jobs, as well as 20 construction jobs.
On January 30, the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, announced an investment of $100 million through the Strategic Innovation Fund to support BHP’s $7.5 billion project to develop its world-leading low-emissions potash mine. This mine, located in Jansen, SK, is expected to generate the lowest direct emissions of any potash mine in the world. Through this project, BHP will significantly minimize the mine’s carbon footprint, improve worker safety, and implement technology to further reduce emissions from mine operations.