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Health & Safety
Reassurances emerge after second oilsands mine work camp outbreak
CALGARY – A second outbreak of COVID-19 at an…
Nova Scotia chemists work with mill to create medical grade pulp for N95 masks
HALIFAX – A team of chemists at Saint Mary’s…
Trudeau says Canada will not pay full price for 8 million sub standard masks
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will…
Musk becomes champion for businesses defying shutdown orders
(AP) At the Fit4All Gym in Lebanon, Illinois, owner…
FCA Prepares to Restart; Develops Safety Measures
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) is preparing to resume its…
Outdoor meetings, Plexiglas barriers: Ontario releases reopening guidelines
TORONTO – Ontario provided guidelines to businesses Thursday for…
Anticipating N95 mask shortage, hospital turns to full face snorkel masks
TORONTO – Limited supplies of N95 masks have one…
Best Practice: Leave Supervisors Alone to Create Daily Schedules
Several years ago, a maintenance manager gave me critical…
OPINION: The New Normal
EDITOR’S LETTER (April 2020 issue of MRO Magazine) Since…
Maintenance Management Amid Covid-19
Recently, MRO Magazine held a webinar exploring how organizations…
Volunteers use 3D printers to make personal protective equipment during pandemic
TORONTO – Groups of volunteers across Canada are using…
GM Canada Plans to Make Face Masks in Oshawa
General Motors Canada is preparing parts of its Oshawa…
Despite risks, auto workers step up to make medical gear
(AP) DETROIT – Cindy Parkhurst could have stayed home…
Investigation finds high water linked to fatal train derailment in Manitoba
WINNIPEG – A Transportation Safety Board investigation into a…
AMD Medicom to open mask factory in Montreal, will create 33 permanent jobs
MONTREAL – AMD Medicom Inc. says it will open…
Plants ‘operating 24/7’ to meet consumer demand for food amid COVID 19
Campbell Soup Company’s production goes into overdrive during what…
CAE signs deal with Ottawa to manufacture 10,000 ventilators, recalls employees
MONTREAL – CAE says it has signed a contract…
Quebec miners go back to work with new restrictions to limit COVID 19 spread
TORONTO – Companies with mines in Quebec are moving…
Bombardier to help make 18,000 ventilators at shuttered Thunder Bay plant
MONTREAL – Bombardier Inc. is helping to produce 18,000…
Engaging Your Employees in a Safety Culture
TOPIC: Engaging Your Employees in a Safety Culture.…
Ford of Canada Producing Face Shields
Ford Motor Company of Canada, Ltd. began production of…
Manitoba offering millions to local manufacturers to make reusuable masks
WINNIPEG – The Manitoba government says it’s willing to…
Stanfield’s signs deal to make protective gowns for N.S. health workers
HALIFAX – Nova Scotia-based undergarment manufacturer Stanfield’s Ltd., has…
Canada Goose increasing production of medical gear, reopens more factories
TORONTO – Canada Goose Holdings Inc. is moving to…
WEBINAR: Maintenance Management Amid Covid-19
REGISTER HERE: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/3416892218345767950 Please join us on Wed April…
Bruce Power commits 600,000 pieces of PPE to Ontario
Bruce Power will be providing 600,000 pieces of personal…
No adverse impacts from tritium spill at nuclear reactor, Bruce Power says
TORONTO – About 20 litres of heavy water containing…
3M pushes back on Trump administration order to stop sending N95 masks to Canada
WASHINGTON – One of the biggest American manufacturers of…
Auto parts and paint company Uni Select furloughs half of its 6,000 employees
BOUCHERVILLE, Que. – Uni-Select Inc. says approximately half of…
Long john producer Stanfield’s reacts to COVID 19 with ‘pivot’ to medical gowns
HALIFAX – A historic Canadian undergarment factory famed for…
