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Ballard Announces Sale-Leaseback for Cash Proceeds of C$20.8 Million

VANCOUVER, Feb. 8 /CNW/ – Ballard Power Systems (TSX: BLD; NASDAQ: BLDP) announced that it has entered into a sale-and-leaseback agreement with Madison Pacific Properties Inc. (TSX: MPC) (www.madisonpacific.ca). Ballard will sell its head office building site in Burnaby, British Columbia in

Solar energy heats Athletic Centre facilities

To most Canadians, a shower heated by the sun sounds like something you’d find in a Caribbean tourism ad — not deep inside the Athletic Centre on a chilly January morning.
But thanks to the…

Loblaws seafood ban could disrupt shark research

Loblaws’ decision to stop selling some seafood in the interest of conservation could disrupt research into porbeagle sharks off Nova Scotia that relies on a managed fishery, a shark scientist says.

Don’t neglect natural solutions to climate change crisis, experts tell Canada

More and larger protected areas are needed in addition to emissions cuts TORONTO, Feb. 8 /CNW/ – Today international experts are urging all governments in Canada to not to neglect the role of ‘natural solutions’ to

Sino-Forest completes acquisition of Mandra Forestry

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