Clients of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec are concerned about their independence due to the mandate for the structuring network in the capital. The Legault government and CDPQ leadership have since tried to reassure them. • Also read: Julien defends his government’s “constructive approach” to a structuring network • Also read: Pause … [Read more…]
While the battery sector is still “very young,” the Legault government is looking for a new head of Investissement Québec (IQ). • Also read: Battery sector: “It is certain that it represents an economic risk,” acknowledges the CEO of Investissement Québec • Also read: Investissement Québec: Two executives are leaving the state’s finance department • … [Read more…]
Pfizer will lay off between 60 and 70 workers in Quebec by the end of next month to “realign company-wide costs and operate more efficiently,” it says. The newspaper. “It is not easy to see our colleagues go, and we do not make these decisions lightly,” Pfizer Canada spokesperson Christina Antoniou admitted to the Journal … [Read more…]
Hundreds of properties in Quebec change hands every day, most of them without us knowing the exact details. That was before we became interested… Here are the latest transactions that caught our attention. A residence in Montreal’s Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (NDG) neighborhood has just found a buyer for $1,815,000. Built in 1930 and renovated several times since … [Read more…]
Cuberg, a California subsidiary of Northvolt that specializes in producing batteries for the electric aerospace industry, may choose to locate its future manufacturing operations in Quebec. At least that’s what the co-founder of Northvolt and President of Northvolt North America, Paolo Cerruti, said on Tuesday on the sidelines of his appearance at the podium of … [Read more…]
Magic exists. At least according to theoretical research in nuclear physics, which more than 70 years ago identified “magic numbers”: 2, 8, 20, 28, 50, 82 and 126. These would represent the ideal number of neutrons or protons to increase Stability of isotopes of various chemical elements. It still had to be checked in the … [Read more…]
The number of people employed in Quebec remained unchanged in November compared to the previous month, while the unemployment rate rose 0.3 percentage points to 5.2%. According to Statistics Canada data released on Friday, the unemployment rate increased by 1.3 percentage points compared to the record low observed in November 2022 and January 2023 in … [Read more…]
Falling asleep unexpectedly for a few seconds is a sign of tiredness in humans – and can be dangerous in certain situations, such as when driving. But chinstrap penguins take an average of more than 10,000 four-second micronaps per day, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Science. This allows them to sleep … [Read more…]
Longer stays in weightlessness are not safe for your health and, according to a recent study, can even lead to erectile dysfunction. Staying outside the atmospheres and celestial bodies, in addition to the prospect of death in the interstellar void, could deter many space travel candidates. According to a study published in The FASEB Journal, … [Read more…]
The CEO of Investissement Québec (IQ) recognizes the “economic risk” of pouring more than $2.7 billion of public money into the battery sector, but assures that he has actually “done his homework” to all the risks understand, even if it was not the case Request a study on the subject. “It’s a damn good deal. … [Read more…]