Category Energy

The Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency will inject $7.4M of CanNor funding into northern geoscience projects, including $2,672,335 in mapping, permafrost infrastructure and seabed analysis, along with the development and promotion of geosciences in Nunavut. Nunavut funding comprises of: CanNor: $2,672,335 Natural Resources Canada: $1,802,000 Government of Nunavut: $1,306,000 Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada: $860,000 […]

The Ledcor Group, along with the Premier and Cabinet of The Government of the Northwest Territories and project partner NorthwesTel, have announced the launch of the Mackenzie Valley Fibre Link (MVFL). Construction of the 1,154-kilometre fibre internet line between High Level, Alberta, and Inuvik, NWT, was completed in March 2017. It connects six communities in […]

In his new post, as Northern Energy Innovation Chair at Yukon College, Michael Ross will coordinate collaborative research into renewable energy by four Northern utilities: Yukon Energy, ATCO Electric, the Northwest Territories Power Corporation and Qulliq Energy. Each have pledged $50,000 a year for five years, matched by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council […]