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For writer Kazim Ali, writing has always been personal. As the author of over a dozen books — including seven books of poetry, five novels and five essay collections — he’s often had to mine the deepest depths of his psyche for a profound sentence or a heartfelt stanza. Not to mention his day job is as a literature and writing professor at the University of California San Diego. But when asked where “Northern Light: Power, Land, and the Memory of Water” ranks in comparison to his other projects, he doesn’t hesitate to remark that the recently published book was his most ambitious ...

Northern Manitoba to get EMS station in Gillam A new EMS station is being built in northern Manitoba, just a few years after a major overhaul of the province's emergency medical services system saw more than a dozen stations closed down. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Mar 11, 2021 8:53 AM CT | Last Updated: March 11 The Gillam station will include a two-bay garage for the ambulances, offices, crew quarters and space for staff training. (Riley Laychuk/CBC) A new EMS station is being built in northern Manitoba, just a few years after a major overhaul of the province's emergency medical...

Canada's Newest Hydro Project Starts Generating Clean Energy To Power Thousands Of Homes Bechtel JV team at Keeyask begins producing hydro-electric power six-months ahead of schedule News provided by Share this article Share this article RESTON, Va., March 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Renewable electricity has started being produced at Keeyask Generating Station in Manitoba, Canada, six-months ahead of the project's control schedule. A further six units will be added in the coming months. When completed, the plant will produce an average of 4,400-gigawatt-hours of electricity per year. That's eno...

Brandon Sun By: Colin Slark Brad Wall Cost overruns on the Keeyask and Bipole III projects by Manitoba Hydro were caused by a combination of incomplete planning and lack of oversight by the Selinger government, according to the results of an economic review released by the Manitoba Government on Friday. Advertisement Cost overruns on the Keeyask and Bipole III projects by Manitoba Hydro were caused by a combination of incomplete planning and lack of oversight by the Selinger government, according to the results of an economic review released b...

On Thursday, Hydro president and CEO Jay Grewal said nearly 98 per cent of the corporation's electricity is generated using renewable hydropower — and the electricity now coming from the 695-megawatt station adds to that. "The energy from Keeyask will help preserve that advantage for decades to come, while also helping to keep electricity rates for Manitoba customers among the lowest on the continent," Grewal said in Hydro's news release. The site is expected to have seven units producing an average of 4,400 gigawatt hours a year, the release says, making it Manitoba's fourth-biggest gene...