BD3 CCS Facility The following commentary by Brent Jacobs, P.Eng. is a statement on behalf of the International CCS Knowledge Centre. It takes courage to be first. And now with SaskPower’s ground-breaking Boundary Dam 3 CCS Facility (BD3) having captured and prevented four million tonnes (4Mt) of CO2 from entering the atmosphere, it is a […]
Month: March 2021
Virtual Executive Panel – Transitioning to a Green Economy: Financial Stability Implications
TORONTO, March 31, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Toronto Centre is hosting a virtual executive panel at the Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group featuring Mark Carney, UN Special Envoy on Climate Action and Finance and Finance Advisor to UK Prime Minister for COP26 and Her Excellency Sri Mulyani Indrawati, […]
AGF Management Limited Reports First Quarter 2021 Financial Results
TORONTO, March 31, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Mutual fund gross sales of $1 billion for the first quarter of 2021, an improvement of 85% year over year Mutual fund net sales of $385 million for the quarter Assets under management of $39.8 billion, 6% higher than prior year AGF Management Limited (AGF or the Company) […]
Analytica Announces Expansion of PeriCoach® Pelvic Health Solution into China
PeriCoach PeriCoach will be distributed through extensive network of postpartum care centres, hospitals, pharmacy chains, and online platforms serviced by the joint venture partners. Joint venture will also leverage extensive network of over 30,000 clinicians in 100 cities to distribute PeriCoach in China. Agreement builds upon Analytica’s existing Middle East distribution partnership to facilitate growth […]
Philips and NHS implement the first regional data integration hub for UK’s National COVID-19 Chest Imaging Database
March 31, 2021 Cheshire and Merseyside consortium (NHS) is the first region to have achieved this milestone for the UK’s National COVID-19 Chest Imaging Database (NCCID) The deployment of a single SMART box server has provided access to 15 years of imaging data across 2.5 million people in the region, the largest single data source […]
KMT chair proposes updated ‘1992 consensus’ with emphasis on ROC
Taipei-Johnny Chiang (???), chairman of the opposition Kuomintang (KMT), said this week that his party had updated its approach to the “1992 consensus” by placing greater emphasis on the Republic of China (ROC) as a political entity, but he offered few…
Investigation Bureau officer detained in missing drugs probe
Taipei-An Investigation Bureau officer was detained and held incommunicado Tuesday as a suspect in the disappearance of a 6.5 kilogram package of amphetamines from Bureau custody in 2019.Hsu Su-liang (???), who in 2019 was an officer in the Maritime Af…
CORONAVIRUS/Taiwan to expand COVID-19 vaccination of medical workers next week
Taipei-Taiwan’s COVID-19 vaccination program will be expanded with effect from April 6 to include a wider category of medical workers, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said Wednesday.So far, 12,605 people have received the AstraZeneca vaccine…
Taiwan condemns anti-Asian violence in U.S., warns citizens to be on alert
Taipei-Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) on Wednesday condemned the recent rise in racism and hate crimes targeting people of Asian descent in the United States and called on Taiwanese nationals in the U.S. to stay alert. MOFA spokeswoman Joa…
CTS News to move to vacant channel 52 on top cable provider
Taipei-The National Communications Commission (NCC) has approved a request by Taiwan’s largest cable television provider to move a 24-hour news station, Chinese Television System (CTS) News and Info, to channel 52, ending a months-long vacancy in the s…