Tag: Labour
Getting Big Batteries (BESS) & Pumped Hydro (PHES) to Play Well Together
At a recent Solar Citizens rally in the seat of Dixon, I had the intellectually stimulating opportunity to converse with Mike Westerman of GHD about the viability of pumped hydro (PHES). Mike is the lead for GHD on hydropower. GHD (named from the initials of the founders, engineers Gutteridge, Haskins, … [continued]
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Fanshawe College plans 35% staffing cut ahead of projected enrolment plunge
Fanshawe College is slashing 400 full-time employees positions – 35 per cent of its workforce – in the wake of a projected cumulative deficit of $95 million by March 2027.
Volkswagen has dodged the tariff and trade dispute between Canada and the U.S. and its manufacturing plant now being built in St. Thomas will proceed full speed ahead, said the city’s economic develop
Volkswagen has dodged the tariff and trade dispute between Canada and the U.S. and its manufacturing plant being built in St. Thomas will proceed full speed ahead, the city’s economic development boss says. Electric-vehicle batteries made in St. Thomas will be tariff-free under recent changes to the trade policy announced by the U.S., auto industry […]
Letters to the Editor: May 7, 2025
Looks like Mayor Josh Morgan is taking a page from Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s playbook and buying off voters before an election.
Meaford Scarecrow Invasion returns in 2025 without a theme
The Meaford Scarecrow Invasion is going back to its straw roots this year. For 2025, the Meaford Scarecrow Invasion Committee has decided that the annual festival’s main attractions will not have a theme. “Why? Because scarecrows are the theme. And, really, aren’t they the stars of the show anyway?” The committee’s statement said. Since its […]