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Navigating this site and a warm welcome…

    If you love music and are hungry for content of substance, then you’ve come to the right place. Hi. My name is Nick. Allow me to bid you a warm welcome to my site. As a Toronto-based wordsmith who has spent the better part of his life writing for major newspapers and music magazines, I’ve posted at least 500 stories here – the majority of them music-driven –…


Canadian Light Source Expanding Facility to Meet Demand

Nov 10, 2016 As published in the Globe And Mail. Two years ago, when Mike Costello needed spectral analysis to test a gear oil additive on a used automotive part for its effectiveness, there was only one enterprise capable of giving him results: the Canadian Light Source (CLS) in Saskatoon, a national research facility used by scientists from around the world in ground-breaking health, environmental, materials, and agricultural research. Citing…


Road King ASME Award winner: Powered By Nature – Biodiesel (2006)

By Nick Krewen Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines: The beans-and-grease movement is stepping on the gas. In just four years, biodiesel production has grown from 15 million gallons of production in 2002 to 2005 U.S. Department Of Energy estimates of 46 million gallons.  Even if you accept the more rosy 2005 National Biodiesel Board figure of 75 million gallons, the song remains the same: The renewable fuel derived from…