Illustrative stock image: nuclear power-station cooling towers. Photo by Lukáš Lehotský on Unsplash; cropped and resized.
Canada
Canada’s nuclear regulator has authorized Bruce B generating station units 7 and 8 to operate up to 310,000 effective full-power hours.
Illustrative stock image: a public waste bin surrounded by autumn leaves. Photo by Ted Balmer on Unsplash; cropped and resized.
West Island
Pointe-Claire says organic waste and leaf collection is continuing in districts 2, 4 and 7, while some isolated addresses elsewhere may also have been missed.
Illustrative stock image: road-closure sign and traffic cone. Photo by Jonny Gios on Unsplash; cropped and resized.
West Island
Highway 40 West near Saint-Jean Boulevard is scheduled to close overnight Thursday and Friday for REM finishing work, with traffic diverted to the service road.
Illustrative stock photo: Wolfgang Weiser / Unsplash (Unsplash Licence). Not the Guy-Lafleur bridge or the new panels. Cropped/resized by WordPress.
West Island
Two interpretation panels now trace the century-long history of the link between L’Île-Bizard and Sainte-Geneviève and explain the bridge’s name.
Illustrative stock image: nuclear power-station cooling towers. Photo by Lukáš Lehotský on Unsplash; cropped and resized.
Canada
Canada’s nuclear regulator has authorized Bruce B generating station units 7 and 8 to operate up to 310,000 effective full-power hours.
Illustrative archival space image: Space Shuttle Atlantis during a Hubble servicing mission. Photo by NASA Hubble Space Telescope on Unsplash; cropped and resized.
Canada
The federal government has designated Canadarm’s first deployment in space in 1981 as a national historic event.
Illustrative stock image: a Soyuz rocket launch. Photo by NASA on Unsplash; cropped and resized.
Canada
The federal government has appointed Alexander MacDonald as president of the Canadian Space Agency, succeeding Lisa Campbell.
Illustrative stock image: a container ship in Vancouver’s Burrard Inlet. Photo by Doug Nealy on Unsplash; cropped and resized.
Business
Canada’s merchandise trade surplus increased to $5.4 billion in September as exports edged up and imports declined, Statistics Canada says.
Illustrative stock photo: Ali Bakhtiari / Unsplash (Unsplash Licence). Assorted historical stamps, not the Force 136 issue. Cropped/resized by WordPress.
Canada
A new stamp honours the roughly 150 Chinese Canadians who served with the clandestine Second World War unit Force 136 and Australia’s SRD.
Illustrative stock photo: ACatInABox / Unsplash (Unsplash Licence). Illustrative of Canadian fuel costs, not a specific forecast price change. Cropped/resized by WordPress.
Business
Governor Tiff Macklem told MPs that higher oil prices have worsened the inflation outlook, while the Bank forecasts modestly stronger growth.
Illustrative stock image: cultivated agricultural fields. Photo by Dan Meyers on Unsplash; cropped and resized.
Montréal & Québec
Québec’s new agroenvironmental regulation starts taking effect January 1, replacing the existing agricultural operations regulation through a transition lasting until 2029.
Illustrative stock image: an outdoor festival performance. Photo by Strvnge Films on Unsplash; cropped and resized.
Montréal & Québec
Promoters of qualifying Québec festivals and tourism events scheduled between May and October 2027 can apply for provincial assistance until December 2.
Illustrative stock image: apartment buildings. Photo by Robert Macleod on Unsplash; cropped and resized.
Montréal & Québec
A Greater Montréal housing summit opens Thursday with a goal of developing a roadmap toward 20 per cent non-market rental housing by 2046.
