Food & Energy
Canadian oil company Suncor Energy Inc. has confirmed it has been the victim of a cyberattack.
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Read MoreThe initiative, which aims to provide astronauts with necessities without needing resupply missions, will use “advanced dehumidifiers” to hold moisture the station’s crew breaths, sweats and pees
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Read MoreAndrew Orlowski has written an excellent piece in the Telegraph laying into the Net Zero ideologues running the U.K., who have introduced a mass of unrealistic, contradictory policies around electrification and renewable energy that will only ruin Britain. Here’s an excerpt.
Take climate change targets. How good it must have felt for politicians to set those lofty goals, knowing that someone else must deal with the cost and the implementation? But now the bills are now arriving, and they’re bringing a world of hurt.
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Read MoreA cybersecurity attack on Suncor Energy has forced Petro-Canada gas stations across the country to move to cash only, and also prevents customers from using the Petro-Points loyalty program.
Suncor said in a news release on June 25 that it had “experienced a cyber security incident.”
“The company is taking measures and working with third-party experts to investigate and resolve the situation, and has notified appropriate authorities,” the release said. “At this time, we are not aware of any evidence that customer, supplier or employee data has been compromised or misused as a result of this situation. While we work to resolve the incident, some transactions with customers and suppliers may be impacted.”
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Read MoreThe train derailment west of Saskatoon is currently under investigation by the Transportation Safety Board (TSB).
CN Rail has reported that 23 cars derailed near the small community of Leney, located about 70 kilometres west of Saskatoon, at around 5 p.m. on Sunday.
According to TSB spokesperson Liam MacDonald, the derailed cars were carrying shipping containers, although no specific details were provided about their contents.
“No reported dangerous goods were involved, no injuries were reported to the Transportation Safety Board of Canada, and currently, we’re gathering information,” said MacDonald.
MacDonald said there is currently a team of investigators at the scene. However, the TSB has not decided if a comprehensive investigation is required.
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Read MoreAlberta’s Transportation and Economic Corridors Minister said that a strike by dockworkers in British Columbia, which could take place any day, would have dire consequences for Alberta’s economy.About 7,200 members of British Columbia’s International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) voted overwhelmingly in support of a strike last week.
Dockworkers are looking for higher pay and greater job security amid automation fears. 99.25 percent of ILWU voters authorized their union to strike against the Maritime Employers Association (MEA), as the two sides’ former agreement expired July 1, 2022.
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Read MoreGlyphosate, the primary ingredient in Bayer and Monsanto’s Roundup weedkiller, has been a longstanding source of controversy and litigation, especially due to health and environmental concerns. The conglomerate Bayer and Monsanto, having merged in a $63 billion deal in 2018, are now once again in the limelight. The two have been fined $6.9 million for violating an agreement they made with the New York state government to cease making misleading claims about the safety of their glyphosate-based herbicides.
The Roundup controversy has a history spanning several decades. Monsanto introduced the herbicide Roundup in the mid-1970s and it quickly became the most widely used herbicide globally. Glyphosate, its active ingredient, kills weeds by inhibiting a critical plant enzyme.
However, the safety of glyphosate has been hotly debated, with studies linking it to a wide array of adverse effects on pollinators, laboratory animals, and humans. A groundbreaking study in March connected Roundup to liver and metabolic diseases in children, highlighting potential risks for human health.
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Read More5G and the IoT will add millions of new, ultra-high frequency cell towers and tens of thousands of low Earth orbiting (LEO) satellites to our planet. This will essentially bathe the planet in electrosmog; a constant blanket of electromagnetic radiation (EMR) 24/7. No living thing on Earth will be free of it’s deadly radiation.
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All life on Earth exists and thrives around the Schumann Resonance: 7.83 Hz, with mild fluctuations. Second, third and Forth Generation (2/3/4G) technologies have negative impacts on us because they change they physiologically change this inside our bodies, with particular impacts on our brain and heart; and with the rollout of 5G (a frequency increase of about 10,000X), will come a swift, immediate, and deadly change to our environment.
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Read MoreThe Parmigiano Reggiano Consortium said new technology has the ability to deliver unseen levels of traceability, inventory tracking, and product authentication with food-safe digital tags.
“Parmigiano Reggiano is one of the world’s oldest and most famous cheeses, and it is a product that symbolizes Italian produce,” said Parmigiano Reggiano Consortium President Nicola Bertinelli in a press release.
“By being the first to incorporate these secure digital labels onto our cheese wheels, we can continue to ensure consumer safety, bringing the traceability and the authentication of our products to meet industry 4.0 technological targets.”
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Read MoreIf you can’t lick ‘em, join ‘em.
A clear majority of British Columbians are now in favour of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion from Alberta to the West Coast.
A new Research Co. Poll found 54% of BC residents now agree with the federal government’s decision to to re-approve the TMX expansion — up three points since July of last year — with only 28% opposed. In June 2019, 41% of BC residents called on their provincial government to halt the project.
In fact, all regions of the province, including Lotusland, were clearly in favour. Support for the project is highest in Northern BC (62%), followed by Southern BC (61%), the Fraser Valley (58%), Metro Vancouver (53%) and Vancouver Island (52%).
Fully 71% think the project will create thousands of jobs in the province when it comes on stream later this year.
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