Closes Latest Deal – Acquires Canyon Services Group “There is a reason drivers have a big windshield on the front of the car and a small rearview mirror. The large windshield represents your future while the small rearview mirror shows your past. In the business world, the rearview mirror is usually clearer than the windshield.” …
by Maurice Walch Small businesses account for 98 per cent of all companies in Canada and employed 11.6 million people in 2015. They also create 97 per cent of the new jobs. The death rate of small businesses is also relatively high — 78,430 new companies were started in 2013 but 83,240 small companies shut…
By Scott Jeffrey, Publisher The Global Petroleum Show wrapped up on June 15, and we need no further evidence that the industry is not back from its glory days. Less than 600 exhibitors were signed up for the three day event, about 1/3 of record numbers when the show was held every two years. As…
By Heather Douglas Answer: Because you let your lawyer and/or accountant write them. News flash: they can’t write their way out of a paper bag. “A press release, news release, media release, press statement, or video release is a written or recorded communication directed at members of the news media to announce something ‘ostensibly’ newsworthy,”…
Building on the success of the 200-11 Auto Propane Conversion and Inspection Program, the Propane Training Institute (PTI) has developed two new programs related to vehicles and equipment, subject to the Canadian Standard Association B-149.5-15. The 200-08 Working with Propane Fuel Systems on Motor Vehicles is now available to mechanics who work on or around…
Transport Canada — TDG Transport Canada has proposed regulatory changes to outdated marine provisions in the Transportation of Dangerous Goods (TDG) and, on April 1, 2017 issued its proposed Regulations amending the Transportation of Dangerous Good (Marine Provisions). It is seeking feedback on or before May 1st. The TDG regulations currently refer to terms and…
