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Health & Safety
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
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…
