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Port Metro Vancouver
This past spring about 1,300 union and non-union container truckers withdrew their services at British Columbia’s biggest port, in Vancouver, complaining of long wait times to pick up and drop off containers and the undercutting of rates. The 28-day strike was resolved at the end of March but it took almost six weeks to resolve…
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UBC Researcher Develops Wearable Dust Monitor
A startup, Nanozen, based out of the University of BC in Vancouver, has developed a real-time, wearable particle sensor for use in mines, sawmills, and other industrial locations where dust and particles can lead to dangerous explosions and debilitating respiratory diseases, according to the Vancouver Sun Friday. Winnie Chu, a professor in environmental health at…
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US New Home Sales
Sales of new US single-family homes rose to a six-year high in September, but a sharp downward revision to August’s sales pace indicated the housing recovery remains tentative. The Commerce Department said on Friday that sales increased 0.2 per cent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 467,000 units, the highest reading since July 2008.…
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Existing Home Sales, US
US home resales raced to a one-year high in September. The National Association of Realtors said Tuesday existing home sales increased 2.4 per cent to an annual rate of 5.17 million units, the strongest reading since September of last year. US Existing Home Sales While home sales picked up last month, first-time buyers, a critical…
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Biosurveillance Funding
A new $2.43 million research project, funded in part by Genome BC, has been approved to develop state-of-the-art DNA biosurveillance detection tools for operational deployment. Preventing the introduction and establishment of Invasive Alien Species (IAS), such as the Asian gypsy moth and other forest pests, will protect forests and trees and also maintain Canada’s pest-free…
