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Chinese upstream lithium firms have been expanding their overseas footprint this year, especially in the Lithium Triangle – the lithium-rich region in South America – to meet surging demand for the key resource for making electric vehicle (EV) batteries.
Last week, Canada extended the travel ban for all direct passenger and business flights from India until July 21, 2021. Canada first introduced the travel ban on both India and Pakistan on April 22 amid concerns about rising cases of COVID-19 variants. Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada’s chief public health officer had said that the variant in India shows increased transmissibility. The initial travel ban was due to end on May 22, but was extended another 30 days until June 21. The travel ban was not extended for Pakistan. “Given the number of COVID-19 cases continue to be very high in India, we...
Although Canada leads in mobile network performance globally, 33 per cent of Canadians are unhappy with their speeds, found a recent study by J.D. Power. The survey study, which included 9,498 respondents in rural and urban Canada, found that just 67 per cent of wireless customers consider their carrier’s network reliable when streaming music and videos. Moreover, only seven per cent of respondents think network speeds are faster than expected. These findings provide new insight into when Canadian mobile subscribers are upgrading their data plans during the pandemic. According to the study,...
TORONTO -- Although Canada has pledged to ambitiously slash greenhouse emissions by almost half over the next nine years, one advocate says the goal is entirely possible, despite Canada having never achieved a previous climate target. On Thursday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised to reduce Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions by 40 to 45 per cent in less than a decade. Speaking virtually to a summit of global leaders convened by U.S. President Joe Biden to discuss fighting climate change, Trudeau vowed to increase Canada’s current target goals from 36 per cent by 2030. Catherin...
Cattle mutilations found in western U.S. states are often blamed on aliens, cults or secret government tests. Livestock mutilations in Puerto Rico, Central and South America and other places are often blamed on Chupacabras. Neither has been proven and these mutilations generally go unresolved. Now comes a report from Canada of mysterious seal mutilations that don’t seem to have been done by humans or animals. Aliens, eh? “I was in disbelief … I’ve never seen anything like it. I don’t like to see any animals suffer. I was just really disturbed.” What Kimberly Hayman told the Nation...