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Boeing cuts 12,000 jobs, resumes production of grounded jet
Boeing is cutting more than 12,000 U.S. jobs through…
SpaceX captures the flag, beating Boeing in cosmic contest
(AP) CAPE CANAVERAL – The first astronauts launched by…
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…
USMCA poised for star turn in trade spotlight as White House sours on China
WASHINGTON – If trade deals were football players, Canada’s…
CN Rail feeling slowdown as auto and crude revenues drop, prompting job cuts
MONTREAL – Business at Canadian National Railway Co. has…
Survey: US factories sink in May for third straight month
(AP) WASHINGTON – American factories slowed for the third…
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.
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…
Electrozad Now a Festo Canada Distributor
Festo Canada announced Electrozad as its full-line exclusive sales,…
‘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
Auto workers’ tenuous return a ray of hope in jobs crisis
(AP) DETROIT – Defying a wave of layoffs that…
Reassurances emerge after second oilsands mine work camp outbreak
CALGARY – A second outbreak of COVID-19 at an…
Manufacturing sales fell 9.2% in March as factories closed due to the pandemic
OTTAWA – Canadian manufacturing sales posted their biggest percentage…
Musk becomes champion for businesses defying shutdown orders
(AP) At the Fit4All Gym in Lebanon, Illinois, owner…
Boeing goes another month without a single airliner order
(AP) Boeing failed to sell a single commercial airplane…
FCA Prepares to Restart; Develops Safety Measures
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) is preparing to resume its…
De Havilland Canada begins phased restart of manufacturing operations
TORONTO – De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd. has…
Cargill employee’s father dies; moment of silence at plant for worker who died
HIGH RIVER – A moment of silence to honour…
