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Air Canada signs two Quebec aircraft maintenance deals, subject to Transat deal
MONTREAL – Air Canada has signed two agreements for airframe maintenance in Quebec, subject to its takeover of Transat AT. The airline and AAR have signed a letter of intent for a 10-year renewable agreement for airframe maintenance of both…
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Supremex buys envelope manufacturer and printer Royal Envelope for $27.4M
MONTREAL – Supremex Inc. says it has acquired Royal Envelope, an envelope manufacturer and printer in Ontario and Quebec, for $27.4 million. Royal Envelope was founded in 1989 by Peter Bowles and Lou Tucci. The company had approximately $30 million…
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Blockade trips up Canada’s biggest ports as shippers steer clear of rail closure
MONTREAL – A rail blockade in eastern Ontario has led to backlogs at Canada’s three biggest ports, prompting some shippers to take their business elsewhere as cargo piles up and dockworkers’ paycheques shrink. Now in its third week, the protest…
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Magna says some plants in China still offline, parts supplies a concern
AURORA, Ont. – Magna International Inc. says its operations in China are still running under capacity because of the novel coronavirus outbreak, but that it’s too early to say what the long-term impacts might be. The Aurora, Ont.-based auto parts…
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Teck CEO says Frontier withdrawal a result of tensions over climate, reconciliation
VANCOUVER – Tensions over Indigenous rights, climate change and resource development that have escalated recently with the rail blockades helped push Teck Resources Ltd. to shelve its massive oilsands project, company CEO Don Lindsay said Monday. “Literally over the past…
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PEMAC to Host GTA Chapter Event
PEMAC’s GTA Chapter is hosting its next Professional Development event on March 12. The event will offer insights on how to correct major roadblocks in machinery installation and discover ultrasound techniques to enable reliability. It is going to be held…
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Safe Employers to Get Rewarded
The Supporting Ontario’s Safe Employers program will reward the safest employers in Ontario with an estimated $140 million in funding. Employers who successfully implement health and safety programs in their workplaces will get Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) rebates…
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EMC Personnel Changes
Excellence in Manufacturing Consortium (EMC) has made a number of change to its personnel. Amanda Doman, will be taking on the role of Vice-President and General Manager at EMC, she was most recently Director of Finance. “Since starting with EMC…
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Trudeau tightlipped on plan to end protests ‘quickly and peacefully’
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was tightlipped Monday about his plan to deal with anti-pipeline blockades on railways, bridges and highways as he emerged from an emergency meeting with cabinet ministers emphasizing his desire to find a quick and…
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Bombardier to sell train unit to France’s Alstom, shedding biggest division
MONTREAL – Bombardier Inc. has reached a US$8.2-billion deal to sell its rail business to French rail giant Alstom SA, narrowing the Quebec company’s focus to business jets while casting off its largest division to help pay down US$9.3 billion…
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Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales fell in December to $56.4 billion
OTTAWA – Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales fell 0.7 per cent to $56.4 billion in December, hurt by the motor vehicle assembly and the aerospace product and parts industries. The agency says it was the fourth consecutive month that manufacturing…
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Rittal’s ‘Advancing Women in Tech’ Scholarship
Rittal Systems Ltd., Canada, now offers two scholarships of $1,750 each, to female undergraduate students in Canada, passionate about a career in the electrical (and related) industry. The scholarship is part of The Electro-Federation Canada Scholarship program. “Rittal celebrates 25 years in…
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Fire erupts at ExxonMobil refinery in Louisiana; no injuries
(AP) BATON ROUGE, La. – A blaze inside a Louisiana refinery turned the night sky a shade of orange, sent a large plume of smoke into the air over Baton Rouge, and its heat could be felt across the Mississippi…
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Explosions rock chemical plant; evacuation but no injuries
(AP) NEWBURYPORT, Mass. – Several explosions rocked a <plant in Massachusetts that manufactures chemicals used in medicines on Thursday morning, blowing a hole in the roof and leading to an evacuation but no injuries, authorities said. Firefighters responding to a…
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BP lays out long term ambition to achieve net zero emissions
(AP) LONDON – Energy producer BP said Wednesday it wants to eliminate or offset all carbon emissions from its operations and the oil and gas it sells to customers by 2050, an ambitious target born out of pressure to help…
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Federal report faults Southwest Airlines and FAA on safety
(AP) DALLAS – Southwest Airlines continues to fly airplanes with safety concerns while federal officials do a poor job overseeing the airline, a government watchdog said Tuesday. The airline has flown more than 150,000 flights on 88 jets it bought…
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Budget watchdog slashes economic growth projections, partly blames coronavirus
OTTAWA – Canada’s economy slowed “sharply” in the final quarter of 2019, the parliamentary budget office said Thursday in its February economic and fiscal report. And the new coronavirus outbreak, combined with lower-than-expected business spending, will likely push economic growth…
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‘People are starting to wake up’: Pipeline protesters expect long term change
VANCOUVER – Opponents of a natural gas pipeline in northwestern British Columbia say they believe protests across the country are sparking a growing awareness of Indigenous rights that will lead to long-term change. Protesters blocked train traffic in east Vancouver…
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Honda Canada Builds Nine-Millionth Vehicle in Ontario
Honda Canada Inc. (HCI) hit the milestone of Honda of Canada Mfg.’s (HCM) producing the nine-millionth vehicle at its manufacturing facility in Ontario. Honda Canada Inc. has now been in Canada for 50 years of operations and 34 years of…
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A primer on the Coastal GasLink pipeline
VANCOUVER – Protests continue across the country as the RCMP enforce an injunction requiring opponents of the Coastal GasLink pipeline to clear the way for construction in northern British Columbia. Here is a look at the project and its history:…
