June 19, 2013 - Texcan, a division of Sonepar Canada, is currently hiring an:Inside Sales Representative - Edmonton, Alta.

June 19, 2013 - Hydro One Brampton has reached 500,000 hours without lost-time incidents within the workplace. The achievement is a result of on-going employee training and empowering employees to take responsibility for their own safety and the safety of their co-workers, says the utility.

June 18, 2013 - A million electric cars could be on roads across North America before the end of the decade with the help of research by the University of Waterloo, U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) and Los Alamos National Laboratory.

June 18, 2013 - The Rexel Group headquarters has moved to what it calls “a more collaborative environment” for its 400 employees: the Rexel Campus.

June 18, 2013 - Trent Energy Inc. celebrated the grand opening in Peterborough, Ont., of the Stanley Adamson Powerhouse—a hydroelectric project developed by Trent Energy (a subsidiary of Peterborough Utilities Inc.) together with Trent University. This marks the redevelopment and expansion of a hydroelectric facility that has been in operation…

June 18, 2013 - CSA Group announced the recipients of the 2013 Award of Merit, which honours individuals who have “demonstrated leadership in developing voluntary standards and who, through technical, administrative or special standards activities, have advanced the purpose of CSA Group”. Among the 2013 Award of Merit recipients are:

June 18, 2013 - One of the least expensive, most reliable distributed generation (DG) technologies available today, Navigant Research says diesel gensets have expanding opportunities ($41.2 billion by 2018 globally) among homeowners and commercial facilities that require mission-critical power in the event of a grid outage.

June 18, 2013 - CableOrganizer.com, an online retailer of electrical, telecom/datacom/networking and home theatre, cable and wire management products, has announced the majority stake investment and acquisition by KT Capital Partners LP and CapitalSouth Partners Funds.

June 17, 2013 - ABB has appointed Ulrich Spiesshofer (in photo), head of its Discrete Automation and Motion (DM) division, as CEO, where he will succeed Joe Hogan beginning September 15, 2013. Hogan will continue with ABB for some months as senior advisor to the board, said the company.

June 16, 2013 - Horizon Utilities Corp., Brookfield Renewable Energy Group and BC Hydro all received Sustainable Electricity Awards from the Canadian Electricity Association (CEA) for their commitment to sustainable development.