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Bombardier sells aerostructures business as focus on business jets intensifies
MONTREAL – Bombardier Inc. has signed a US$1.2-billion deal to sell its aerostructures business as the plane-and-train maker continues its shift toward business jets and railcars. Spirit AeroSystems Holding Inc. has signed a definitive agreement with the Montreal-based company to…
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Sprott Resource restarts Chilean mine after shooting death, guard injury
TORONTO – Sprott Resource Holdings Inc. says it is restarting operations at its Chilean copper cathode mine after an incident on Sunday resulted in a security guard being severely injured and another person being shot to death. The Toronto-based company…
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Unifor signs agreements with firms affected by GM Oshawa assembly plant closure
TORONTO – Unifor has signed closure agreements at four auto parts and service companies in connection with the decision by General Motors to close its Oshawa, Ont., assembly plant. The union says the deals with Inteva Products, Lear Corp. Whitby,…
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Alberta tables climate plan for industry; retains key parts of old legislation
EDMONTON – Alberta has introduced a new climate plan for the province’s big greenhouse gas emitters that it says will achieve similar emissions cuts as the former NDP government’s plan and at less cost. “Our projections are that we’re looking…
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Nova Scotia needs better assessment of contaminated mine sites, fraud: report
HALIFAX – Nova Scotia’s auditor general says the province hasn’t sufficiently investigated potential contamination at many old and abandoned mine sites, meaning there could be unknown future hits to the government’s finances. Michael Pickup released a report Tuesday saying the…
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Former Bre X chief geologist John Felderhof dies in the Philippines
CALGARY – John Felderhof, the only executive ever prosecuted in the Bre-X Minerals Ltd. gold hoax of the 1990s, has died in the Philippines at 79 years old, according to his Toronto lawyer. The former chief geologist of the Calgary-based…
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Statistics Canada reports wholesale sales fell 1.2 per cent in August
OTTAWA – Statistics Canada says wholesale sales fell 1.2 per cent to $64.3 billion in August. Economists had expected growth of 0.3 per cent for the month, according to financial markets data firm Refinitiv. Statistics Canada says five of seven…
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Continental plant in Quebec receives sanitary standards certification
Continental’s industrial hose plant in Granby, Quebec has received a major sanitary standards certification from 3-A SSI for a selected range of food and beverage hoses. The 3-A SSI is an independent, non-profit organization that leads the development of standards…
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WAGO Names Public Relations Coordinator
WAGO Marketing Communications department names Barry Nelson as Public Relations Coordinator overseeing publicity, editorial content, social media and other written material. “The one thing that drew me WAGO was the team atmosphere and camaraderie among the employees,” Nelson said. “I…
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Canadian utilities company wins award in global infrastructure competition
By: Rehana Begg Epcor was able to digitalize assets, which enabled it to quantify asset health and realize 15% improvement in reliability. Epcor Utilities, headquartered in Edmonton, has been named the winner in the Utilities and Industrial Asset…
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Ford Canada to cut 450 jobs in Oakville as production of two vehicles ends
OAKVILLE – Ford Motor Co.’s largest Canadian manufacturing operation will eliminate 450 jobs by early next year as the company discontinues two of the models made at the factory in Oakville, Ont. Ford Canada says production of the Ford Flex…
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Grounded Boeing plane churns up more turbulence at airlines
(AP) DALLAS – The grounding of the Boeing 737 Max has lasted far longer than airlines expected and has cost American and Southwest nearly $1 billion, with the price likely to go much higher. The CEOs of both airlines say…
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Quebec hopes Trump administration lawsuit doesn’t force California out of carbon market
MONTREAL – The Trump administration won’t slow down Quebec’s progress on reducing carbon emissions, Premier Francois Legault said Wednesday following news that California is being sued for working with the province on fighting climate change. Legault said he would prefer…
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Miner Teck Resources reports Q3 profit down, plans to cut 500 full time jobs
Teck Resources Ltd. says it will cut 500 full-time equivalent jobs as it focuses on trimming $500 million from planned spending through to the end of 2020. The Vancouver-based miner said Thursday it wants to improve efficiency and productivity after…
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GM workers ratify contract, 40 day strike to end
ROMULUS, Mich. – Striking General Motors factory workers will put down their picket signs after approving a new contract that will end a 40-day strike that paralyzed the company’s U.S. production. The United Auto Workers union said in a statement…
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Lion Air crash report points to Boeing, pilots, maintenance
(AP) JAKARTA, Indonesia – Indonesian investigators found plenty of blame to go around for a Boeing 737 Max crash that killed 189 people a year ago. They faulted design decisions by Boeing that made the plane vulnerable to failure of…
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Boeing says it regrets concerns over internal messages
(AP) CHICAGO – Boeing says it regrets concerns raised about internal communications it recently handed over to Congress and federal regulators that are investigating two deadly crashes of the company’s 737 Max airplanes. The company said in a statement Sunday…
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China chemical plant explosion kills 4
(AP) BEIJING – An explosion at a chemical plant in southern China on Tuesday killed at least four people and injured six, the local government said, in the latest of a string of such accidents. The Guangxi regional emergency rescue…
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Snow battered Manitoba issues high water, flooding advisory as cleanup continues
WINNIPEG – Some areas of Manitoba are watching rivers and lakes closely as the province warns rain could bring high water – or even flooding – after a devastating snowstorm more than a week ago. Rain forecast for southeastern Manitoba…
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BHP sets 2021 timeline for Saskatchewan potash mine investment decision
SASKATOON – Australian mining giant BHP Group Ltd. says it hopes to make a final investment decision on a massive potash project in Saskatchewan in early 2021. In its latest quarterly report, the company says its board of directors will…
