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Calgary Herald
24-07-2025
- Business
- Calgary Herald
Program aimed at innovation, emissions reduction will create 1,600 jobs, province says
The province's latest injection into an industry-funded program promises to create hundreds of jobs while protecting the environment. Article content On Wednesday, the Minister of Environment and Protected Areas, Rebecca Schulz, unveiled Alberta's plans to invest up to $49 million from the industry-funded Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction program. Article content The funding will support 18 new projects, create almost 1,600 jobs and add $233 million to Alberta's economy by 2027, according to the province. Article content Article content 'Alberta has the resources, the expertise and the entrepreneurs needed to create some of the most advanced materials in the world. This $49 million investment is incredibly important to accomplishing that,' said Justin Riemer, CEO of Emissions Reduction Alberta, at a press conference. Article content If successful, the 18 projects, which are scattered across Alberta, could reduce annual emissions by over 155,000 tons, or a cumulative 3.4 million tons by 2030, according to Riemer. Article content He noted that each project is unique, but there is a common theme. Article content 'Each support(s) the extraction, the production, the manufacturing and the circular life cycle of new and existing material products for Alberta,' said Riemer. Article content 'This funding supports technologies that make better use of our resources while cutting costs. It's a win for both the economy and the environment,' he said. Article content Article content Calgary-based Nova Chemicals was among the recipients, receiving $5 million to advance its $25 million plant. When complete, the facility will divert over 36,000 tons of single-use plastics annually from landfills and incineration. Article content 'We've been focused on creating value through Alberta's natural resources and driving innovations (to) reshape how plastics are designed, made, and incorporated into different structures,' said Rocky Vermani, Nova Chemicals' senior vice-president of innovation, sustainability and strategy. Article content Article content 'Nova is well-positioned to lead the transition to a circular economy,' said Vermani. Article content A circular economy refers to a system where materials never become waste and nature is 'regenerated'. Article content 'Nova is just one great example of the many incredible companies that put Alberta on the map as a global leader in manufacturing,' said Schulz.
Sky News AU
15-06-2025
- Politics
- Sky News AU
Sky News reveals class action lawsuit filed against the University of Sydney and two of its highest-profile anti-Israel academics in the Federal Court
A class action lawsuit has been filed against Australia's oldest university over its handling of anti-Semitism since the October 7 terror attacks in Israel. Sky News can reveal the legal action against the University of Sydney and two of its highest-profile anti-Israel academics Dr Nick Riemer and Professor John Keane was lodged in the Federal Court on Friday. The day after the October 7 attacks – in which Hamas terrorists murdered more than 1200 people and took 240 civilians hostage - Dr Riemer tweeted: "No progressive should feel the need to publicly condemn any choices by the Palestinian resistance … doing so just adds to the perception that their cause is unjust." On the day of the attacks, Professor Keane tweeted an image of a set of green flags with Arabic writing on them closely resembling Hamas flags. Professor Keane reportedly said the allegation he had posted Hamas flags was 'absurd' and the picture he shared was simply of 'green flags'. Rotstein Commercial Lawyers managing director Hamish Rotstein called the filing 'a significant move to confront the growing issue of hate speech on university campuses.' 'The legal action seeks to differentiate hate speech from free speech and to protect Jewish, Israeli and Zionist students, academics and staff from antisemitic rhetoric that has contributed to an unsafe university environment,' Mr Rotstein said. 'This case is about ensuring that universities remain places of open intellectual discussion while safeguarding individuals against harmful rhetoric. Upholding existing laws is essential to maintaining fundamental protections and accountability.' The lawsuit was filed following the termination of the Human Rights Commission process, after complaints against the two academics were lodged with the watchdog by lawyers representing the group of students and staff. At the time of the complaints to the commission, Dr Riemer and Professor Keane said in a statement allegations they had breached section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act were 'baseless'. The university's Professor Emeritus Suzanne Rutland OAM and honorary associate John Toltz are among the applicants in the Federal Court case. Barristers Adam Butt and Saul Holt KC are acting for the group of Jewish students and staff. Mr Butt successfully represented five Jewish schoolboys who successfully brought a case against the Victorian government and public school Brighton Secondary College, decided in a landmark judgment in 2023. The fresh court case comes as the university was on Saturday forced to stand down another academic Fahad Ali over tweets in which he called for Zionists to be 'executed'. Mr Ali, a Palestinian activist who teaches biology casually at the university, is now being investigated by both NSW Police and the university over the posts. In the first tweet posted on Thursday, Mr Ali wrote: "F*** sanctions, I want Zionists executed like we executed Nazis." The post was taken down by X for 'violating [its] rules against violent speech', but Mr Ali doubled down, tweeting a screenshot of the hidden post and writing: ''Violent speech' people are on this website every day celebrating the burning [ sic] children alive, don't tell me wanting to see these people hanged like the Nazis were post-Nuremberg is 'violent'." On Saturday, a spokeswoman for the university told the Daily Telegraph the academic was being stood down while it investigates. 'We're deeply disturbed by comments made by one of our casual academic staff, we find them utterly unacceptable and we're taking immediate action, including suspending his employment pending further assessment,' the spokeswoman said. In a statement on its website, the university describes the posts as having been made on a 'personal account'. On the account, which appears to have since been taken down, Mr Ali described himself as a 'Palestinian', 'Sydney Uni academic' and used the gay term 'twink'. Mr Ali was also an organiser for the anti-Israel rally held in Sydney on October 9, 2023 that led to the ugly scenes at the Opera House, about which he later told the ABC there were only 'a small group of troublemakers'. In 2015 as a medical student, he was cleared by the university for misconduct after interrupting a lecture by former British Army Colonel Richard Kemp. The University of Sydney was the scene of the longest-running pro-Palestine encampment, which had been on campus for two months last year. In September, the university's vice-chancellor Mark Scott apologised to Jewish students and staff, admitting he had 'failed them' in his handling of the encampment and spruiking changes to the university's 'policy settings'. Other cases of academics being investigated by the university for threatening posts include Joel Griggs, a casual staff member who called the Australian Jewish Association a 'fascist terror cell' and 'dangerous psychopaths' and said it 'couldn't be too hard to find out where these people live' in a post on X in August. The university found Mr Griggs' posts so concerning, they referred them to NSW Police but said he could not be professionally disciplined due to the posts being made in a 'personal capacity'. Mr Griggs had also said of Sky News hosts Andrew Bolt, Peta Credlin, Rita Panahi and Rowan Dean: 'Well [sic] get you one day, you seditious, traitorous scum… 'I was just doing my job' won't cut it when the hoi polloi finally start lopping off heads.' The university also spent five months investigating senior lecturer Dr Stewart Jackson who had tweeted in December: 'I rather think Palestinians don't wish death to all Jews, but in the current circumstances, I would forgive the sentiment...' Last month, a university human resources staff member told the Australian Jewish Association – which had made the complaint about the tweet – it had been determined the post was made in 'his personal capacity and not as an employee of the University'. 'As such, the University does not propose to take formal disciplinary action against Dr Jackson with respect to the post,' the staff member said. 'Notwithstanding this position, the University has provided guidance to Dr Jackson with respects to his future conduct.'
The National
29-05-2025
- Sport
- The National
Denmark boss in defiant Scotland claim ahead of World Cup qualifiers
Scotland head to Copenhagen in three months to start their route to the Finals, which will be held in the USA, Canada and Mexico next year. Read more: The Danes are playing Northern Ireland and Lithuania in friendlies next month at the same time as the Scots face Iceland and Liechtenstein. And Riemer believes it would be a huge failure if they fail to qualify. He said: "I'm not interested in wasting energy by making excuses about how difficult our opponents are in this group. "We have to win the opening game and we have to win the group. That's it. "Our team are better than Scotland. Our team are better than Greece. Our team are better than Belarus. "There will be no excuses about the weather or anything like that. We have to win."And if we don't do that in the first game and go on and qualify, then it's not good enough."
The Herald Scotland
29-05-2025
- Sport
- The Herald Scotland
Denmark boss in defiant Scotland claim ahead of World Cup qualifiers
Read more: The Danes are playing Northern Ireland and Lithuania in friendlies next month at the same time as the Scots face Iceland and Liechtenstein. And Riemer believes it would be a huge failure if they fail to qualify. He said: "I'm not interested in wasting energy by making excuses about how difficult our opponents are in this group. "We have to win the opening game and we have to win the group. That's it. "Our team are better than Scotland. Our team are better than Greece. Our team are better than Belarus. "There will be no excuses about the weather or anything like that. We have to win."And if we don't do that in the first game and go on and qualify, then it's not good enough."
The National
27-05-2025
- Sport
- The National
Celtic transfer target dubbed 'tormentor' of defences
The Hoops have been linked with the Brondby striker for a long time and the 23-year-old appeared to say his goodbyes to the club at the weekend and stated he was 'ready to take the next step' in his career. Read more: He was rewarded for his 17 goals in just 26 league starts for his club this season after he was named in the Danish squad for the first time for their friendlies against Northern Ireland and Lithuania in Copenhagen and Odense. And national boss Riemer admitted he's been impressed with Kvistgaarden this season. He said: "He could have been called up sooner, but he had a couple of injury setbacks. "Kvistgaarden hit really good form at the end of the season, so it was natural he was selected. "In almost all the matches I've seen Kvistgaarden play, he's been a tormentor for the opponents' defences. "He really gets a lot out of a little. "He is a guy who believes in even the most impossible chance. He is willing to run with and without the ball. "So I look forward to seeing him in camp. And the player was delighted at the call-up. He said: "I'm incredibly proud to have been selected for the Denmark team. "It's huge for me and it's the opportunity to represent my country was something I never thought would happen during my time here."
