Clean Tech

One Valley startup is among five provincewide getting $20,000 in cash and business guidance to help grow clean technology ventures. Midgard Insect Farm in Windsor will turn crickets into a high-quality protein powder. Lunenburg County’s BDT Polystyrene Recycling is also getting funding.

Wildlife Crime

A three-week investigation has uncovered significant wildlife crime around the world, including in Canada.

The Canadian at the head of the wildlife crimes working group for Interpol says the group launched Operation Thunderbird in January.

Working with law enforcement in 43 countries, Sheldon Jordan says they made 13-hundred seizures worldwide.

Those included the hides of polar bears and other animals, as well as walrus ivory.