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Health & Safety
Tesla tries to assure workers there’s no big virus outbreak
(AP) DETROIT – Tesla is trying to assure its…
Fire ravages ship for 2nd day; sends acrid haze over city
(AP) SAN DIEGO – Flames tore through a warship…
Health official revokes U.S. travel exemption for Irving Shipbuilding in Halifax
(CP) HALIFAX – Nova Scotia’s top health official has…
From the makers of Whac a Mole: hands free sanitizers
(AP) HOLY HILL, Fla. – The maker of the…
Investigator says Canadian pilot impaired by fumes in Sydney crash
(CP) CANBERRA, Australia – A Canadian seaplane pilot was…
2021 Ford F-150 Takes Things a Step Further
In what seems like ages ago, in January, Ford Motor Company held a drive event for its all-new Super Duty pick-up truck in sunny Arizona. Much has changed since that time, and as a result Ford held a virtual launch event for its most important vehicle, the all-new 2021 F-150 pick-up.
Ejection seat tangled with parachute in Snowbirds crash: Investigators
OTTAWA – A military investigation has found that the…
Honda, General Motors Partner to Produce Hand Sanitizer
Honda and General Motors are producing 12,000 gallons of…
OPINION: Positives Emerge Amid COVID-19
EDITOR’S LETTER (June 2020 issue of MRO Magazine) As…
Nova Scotia firm making face shields opts for at home assembly by workers
HALIFAX – A small Halifax-area company that has pivoted…
Vale to restart work at Voisey’s Bay, production expected to resume in July
ST. JOHN’S – Vale S.A. is moving to resume…
Bad chocks, brake training blamed for crash to prime minister’s plane
OTTAWA – Military investigators have revealed the sequence of…
Enbridge reopens underwater section of Line 5 pipeline after inspection
Alberta-based Enbridge says it has reopened a branch of…
Pull-handle Butterfly Valve Lockout
Brady Pull-handle Butterfly Valve Lockout has a simple, fold-over…
Carrier New Healthy Buildings Program
Carrier has introduced the Healthy Buildings Program, a suite…
FCA Brampton Assembly Hands-Free Hand Sanitizing Station
FCA Canada’s Brampton Assembly Plant (BAP) designed hands-free hand…
NJ Transit’s longer term plans focus on infrastructure
(AP) New Jersey Transit unveiled a five-year capital plan…
Mask makers raise prices as material, labour costs rise amid pandemic
Kevin Vuong started to sell face masks through a…
GM Canada to Provide 10 Million Face Masks
General Motors of Canada will produce 10 million face…
BRP’s CEO hopes ‘staycations’ will boost sales of Sea Doos and off road vehicles
Sea-Doo maker BRP Inc. is facing a rough ride…
Automotive Manufacturing and COVID-19
This time last year, automotive plants in Canada were making full use of their production lines to produce their new vehicles.
Fire destroys lobster processing plant in northeastern New Brunswick
TRACADIE, N.B. – Fire has completely destroyed a large…
‘Canary in the coal mine:’ Meat industry says more safety coming with COVID 19
CALGARY – A group representing Canada’s meat-packers is expecting…
Celestica contracted by Starfish Medical to make ventilators for Health Canada
TORONTO – Celestica Inc. has been contracted to build…
Cross border business interests call for joint Canada, U.S. post COVID effort
WASHINGTON – Travel between Canada and the United States…
Manufacturers scramble to find raw materials amid ‘desperate’ shortage for PPE
Each day, Jeremy Hedges strides the floor of his…
Boeing says it will reduce workforce by 400 in Winnipeg due to impact from COVID 19
WINNIPEG – Boeing says it plans to cut 400…
Canadians Top 9 in Global Ventilator Design Competition
Engineers from Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada (TMMC) and Fanshawe…
‘We just get the runaround,’ residents say of water problems in Ontario hamlet
NORFOLK COUNTY – Brenda Himburg is livid, but in…
Critical Resilience
Hardening Oil & Gas and Mining Facilities
