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• Instead of automatic ODA funding, Montserrat will need to apply for funds through UK Treasury processes, similar to how UK councils and other Overseas Territories receive financial assistance. Discover Montserrat
• Dominica, Montserrat, Saint Vincent and Saint Lucia are at varying stages of geothermal energy exploration, thanks to UK investment, and there is potential for offshore wind, for example, in Trinidad & Tobago, Jamaica and the Eastern Caribbean. GOV.UK
• The British Overseas Territory of Montserrat in the Caribbean dropped into Level 2, or moderate risk for Covid-19, from Level 3. CNN
• The Montserrat National Trust will be teaming up with the University of Oxford on a new project to capture marine data over the next three. Discover Montserrat
• Under the Kigali Amendment of the Montreal Protocol, countries have committed to cutting production and consumption of HFCs by at least 80% by 2047. cpr-blog
• The United Nation's Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol is phasing down HFCs, and could be accelerated; it's mandatory provisions have already been ratified by a 129 countries, including China, India and Russia. The Hill
• Phasing out climate warming refrigerants under the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol, in combination with energy efficiency improvements, can avoid the equivalent of 4-8 years of total annual greenhouse emissions by 2050. United Nations Environment Programme
• Tax increase could reduce cumulative revenues for 2021 of Canada's Big Six Banks (Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto-Dominion Bank, Bank of Nova Scotia, Bank of Montreal, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, National Bank of Canada) by 2% there is. securykid.com
• CF Delivery will provide highly competitive same-day and next-day delivery rates across three major markets including the Greater Toronto Area, Vancouver, and Montreal with outbound packages coming from a CF property as a centralized fulfilment hub. RETAIL INSIDER
• There could have been 325-690 billion tonnes less carbon held in plants and soils by the end of this century (2080-2099) without the Montreal Protocol (as compared to climate projections with controls on ozone-depleting substances). Nature
• Canada can be a very unfriendly place for Indigenous leaders looking to create jobs and own source revenues if what happens to be the best, and sometimes only, significant economic opportunity open to their communities is not seen as acceptable to voters in Vancouver, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal. National Post
• Bell Canada will deploy AWS' Wavelength service first in Toronto by the end of 2021, followed by Montreal in the first quarter of 2022 and then Vancouver in spring 2022. RCR Wireless News
• The federal government will begin the procurement process to actually build a higher-frequency train line between Quebec City and Toronto (via Montreal and Ottawa). TVO
• Bank of Montreal sees 7-10% growth in its earnings in the future years, implying that its dividend could grow at a decent pace. The Motley Fool Canada
• Much of Canada outside the major concentrations of population in the southwest corner of British Columbia, southern Ontario and Greater Montreal have relatively little hope for a significant economic base save for the natural-resource sector. Public Policy Forum
• Action under the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Destroy the Ozone Layer will phase-down the production and use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) and could avoid up to 0.4 °C of global warming by 2100. JRC website
• ADB will support its DMCs in achieving the phase-down of HFCs as scheduled by the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol. Asian Development Bank
• Under the international environmental agreement, the Montreal Protocol, China is committed to phasing out the use of refrigerants based on ozone-depleting hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) by 2030. Unido
• A VoltaXplore demonstration facility is scheduled to be opened in Montreal, Canada, within 2022 for the development and production of EV batteries enhanced with graphene. LOVEgraphene
• The ozone layer may make a full recovery due to the actions prompted by the Montreal Protocol, but that the risk of surprises could still endanger the stratospheric ozone layer. Mongabay Environmental News
• A novel coronavirus variant could cause cases in the Montreal area to explode by the end of April if residents do not strictly adhere to health orders. thestar.com
• Despite expensive housing costs, Canada's largest cities, Vancouver, Toronto, and Montreal, continue to attract millennials thanks to their economic opportunities and cultural amenities. Wikipedia
• Residents in a few big cities like Montreal, Quebec City, Edmonton and Calgary will be voting in municipal elections over the year. MSN

Last updated: 18 June 2025