November 6, 2015

ANDREW YOUNGER, NOVA SCOTIA MLA, REMOVED FROM LIBERAL CAUCUS . . . BOSTON MARATHONER DONATES 2015 TREE FOR BOSTON . . . ATLANTIC PACKAGING ORDERS SECOND SLUDGE-TO-ENERGY SYSTEM . . . TRANSCANADA NIXES EXPORT TERMINAL IN QUEBEC FOR ENERGY EAST PIPELINE . . . WHERE WILL THE MONEY FOR BEEF RESEARCH COME FROM? A LOOK AHEAD TO 2020 . . . OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST...

ANDREW YOUNGER, NOVA SCOTIA MLA, REMOVED FROM LIBERAL CAUCUS
Source: Huffington Post
Nova Scotia’s environment minister was shown the door on Thursday amid revelations that he didn't show up to testify at a trial for a woman who was accused of assaulting him. Premier Stephen McNeil announced in a late night news conference that Andrew Younger was relieved of his cabinet duties and was also kicked out of the governing Liberal caucus. (read more)

BOSTON MARATHONER DONATES 2015 TREE FOR BOSTON
Source: NSDNR
A Nova Scotian who ran the 100th Boston Marathon is donating the Christmas tree that the province will give to Boston this year. Bill and Andrea MacEachern of Lorne, Pictou Co., are the donors of a large evergreen that will be given as a gift to Boston as part of the annual thank you to the city for help provided after the 1917 Halifax explosion.   (read more)

ATLANTIC PACKAGING ORDERS SECOND SLUDGE-TO-ENERGY SYSTEM
Source: Pulp & Paper Canada
Precision Energy Services has been awarded a contract to engineer, supply, and provide technical support for a second paper mill sludge-to-energy system for Atlantic Packaging in Toronto. PES previously supplied a fluidized bed combustion system to the Atlantic Packaging plant at 111 Progress Ave. in 2012. Atlantic Packaging owns and operates three paper facilities in the greater Toronto area.  (read more)

TRANSCANADA NIXES EXPORT TERMINAL IN QUEBEC FOR ENERGY EAST PIPELINE
Source; The Chronicle Herald
Quebec will no longer host an oil export terminal for TransCanada’s highly criticized Energy East Pipeline, the Calgary-based company announced Thursday. Six months after abandoning its project to create a terminal northeast of Quebec City along the St. Lawrence River, TransCanada said it would amend its proposal to the National Energy Board to include a new route for the pipeline. TransCanada plans to build a 4,600-kilometer pipeline to transport 1.1 million barrels of Alberta crude daily through Quebec to be refined in New Brunswick and shipped overseas. (read more)

WHERE WILL THE MONEY FOR BEEF RESEARCH COME FROM? A LOOK AHEAD TO 2020
Source: Real Agriculture
In January, the National Beef Strategic Planning Group published its strategic goals for 2020 in a paper that brought to light the full depth of funding issues being faced by the industry. “Since the National Check-off was introduced in 2002,” the report reads, “inflation and a reduced number of marketings resulted in less check-off collected, limiting resources.” (read more)

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

FARMERS’ GUILDS: BUILDING A SHARING ECONOMY DOWN ON THE FARM
http://modernfarmer.com/2015/10/farmers-guilds/

DRESSED TO KILL – RIDER SAFETY IS ALWAYS IN FASHION
http://www.equineguelph.ca/news/index.php?content=463&utm_source=Enews_November_2015&utm_campaign=November+Equine+Guelph+Enews+2015&utm_medium=email

NEW WINTER WHEAT CULTIVAR SHOWS RESISTANCE TO RUST
http://www.agprofessional.com/news/new-winter-wheat-cultivar-shows-resistance-rust?utm_source=Subscribe+to+FCC+Email&utm_campaign=287a07e41a-FCC_Express_October_30_2015_EN_10_30_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_ecca3657d7-287a07e41a-18200761

CANAPORT LNG PLEADS GUILTY IN BIRD KILL CASE
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/irving-canaport-bird-kill-plea-1.3305351