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• IL&FS raising $1 bn infrastructure fund under its private equity business

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  IL&FS launched the infrastructure fund nine months ago and is in advanced talks to close an anchor investor for the fund, says Ramesh C. Bawa Powered by WPeMatico Read more »

• This environmental group is launching its own satellite to learn more about greenhouse gas leaks

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  When the Environmental Defense Fund told commercial space guru Tom Ingersoll that it wanted to launch a satellite to measure methane from oil and gas operations, he says his reaction was “Whoa! You guys want to do what?” Yet that’s what the EDF is doing. It is well on its way toward raising about $40 […] Related:Scott Pruitt’s job in jeopardy amid expanding ethics issuesGOP oversight chairman demands more records on Pruitt’s travel, housingSeas are rising too fast to save much of the Mississippi River Delta, scientists sayThe oceans’ circulation hasn’t been this sluggish in 1,000 years. That’s bad news.with... Read more »

• Humboldt Broncos bus crash claims 16th victim, as athletic therapist dies in hospital

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  Dayna Brons, the lone woman aboard the Humboldt Broncos’ team bus when it collided with a transport truck, has died. Powered by WPeMatico Read more »

• On Trans Mountain, Jagmeet Singh tries to make himself matter

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  Alberta Premier Rachel Notley once described Jagmeet Singh as “irrelevant” to the Trans Mountain pipeline project. Singh’s appearance before the cameras on Wednesday afternoon was at least an opportunity for him to make himself useful. Powered by WPeMatico Read more »

• Jagmeet Singh says Supreme Court should resolve B.C.-Alberta pipeline impasse

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  NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is urging the federal and B.C. governments to ask the Supreme Court to settle a jurisdictional squabble over a proposed pipeline. Powered by WPeMatico Read more »

• Quebec MNAs call for public commission of inquiry into Lac-Mégantic disaster

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  The Quebec National Assembly is calling on the federal government to launch a public commission of inquiry into the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster as soon as possible. Powered by WPeMatico Read more »

• Former top Ontario Liberal aide sentenced to 4 months in jail for role in gas plants scandal

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  A top aide to former Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty was sentenced on Wednesday to four months in jail for his role in wiping government computers after the Liberals cancelled two gas-fired power plants in 2011. Powered by WPeMatico Read more »

• Heritage minister gets assurances from China on protection of intellectual property

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  Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly says she and dozens of Canadian cultural organizations in China have been given assurances on protection of intellectual property should they enter the Chinese market. Powered by WPeMatico Read more »

• Sebi amends norms for REITs, InvITs to make them more attractive

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  REITs and InvITs will have to provide a mechanism for resolution of disputes with their shareholders and partners in the holding firm, says Sebi Powered by WPeMatico Read more »

• Humboldt Broncos bus crash claims 16th victim, as athletic trainer dies in hospital

  admin April 11, 2018

  

  Dayna Brons, the lone woman aboard the Humboldt Broncos’ team bus when it collided with a transport truck, has died. Powered by WPeMatico Read more »