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New York City pulls 300 Bombardier subway cars, citing safety concerns
New York City’s transit authority has pulled nearly 300 newly delivered subway cars made by Bombardier Inc. due to safety concerns. Two recent incidents “raised questions about the reliable operation” of the car doors, prompting the authority to remove all…
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Deadly crash of a Boeing jet in Iran adds to company’s woes
(AP) Still reeling from a crisis involving its long-grounded Max jet, Boeing faces new questions after an earlier model of the 737 crashed Wednesday in Iran. It is too early to know what caused the crash and whether Boeing bears…
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Boeing papers show employees slid 737 Max problems past FAA
(AP) Lawmakers on Capitol Hill lashed out at Boeing on Friday after the release of a batch of emails and text messages in which company employees questioned the safety of the now-grounded 737 Max, called the aircraft a “joke” and…
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B.C. LNG pipeline project to resume work despite opposition, says company
VICTORIA – The company building a natural gas pipeline as part of a $40 billion liquefied natural gas project in northern British Columbia says it plans to resume construction despite an eviction notice served by members of a First Nation…
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Striking airport refuellers sit down with employer for first time during strike
MONTREAL – Airplane refuelling workers who are on strike at two Montreal airports say “the ball is in the employer’s court” after they presented proposals to Swissport Canada Monday in the first sit-down since talks broke down early last week.…
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Company in Vaughan, Ont., fined $85K in death of mechanic from air spring mishap
NEWMARKET – An Ontario company that repairs heavy-duty vehicles and equipment has been fined $85,000 for the death of a mechanic. Ruggieri Brothers, of Vaughan, Ont., pleaded guilty under provincial health and safety laws. The worker was killed in May…
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Dikes, ditches and dams: Manitoba’s fight against flooding is complex
WINNIPEG – It has become an annual ritual in Manitoba – mid-winter thoughts turn to the spring melt and whether land and communities will be threatened by rising water that comes from rivers as far away as the Rocky Mountains…
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Lengthy rescue in Regina rail yard when man caught in grain loading equipment
REGINA – A man is in hospital after he got caught in machinery while loading grain into a railcar in Regina. Fire officials say emergency crews were called to the Canadian National rail yard just before 1 p.m. Monday. They…
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Boeing ousts its CEO after two deadly 737 Max crashes
NEW YORK – Boeing ousted CEO Dennis Muilenburg on Monday with no end in sight to the crisis that has engulfed the vaunted American aircraft manufacturer since the crash of two of its 737 Max airliners. The Boeing board had…
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Resolute to pay US$163 million for Conifex’s 3 U.S. sawmills in Florida, Arkansas
MONTREAL – Resolute Forest Products Inc. has an agreement to buy three sawmills in Florida and Arkansas from Conifex Timber Inc. for about US$163 million cash. The mills produce construction-grade lumber and decking products for distribution within the United States.…
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Little potash spilled after derailment in B.C. lake: government spokesman
VALEMOUNT, B.C. – Two rail cars containing potash have been removed from Moose Lake in eastern British Columbia after a Canadian National train derailed Thursday. A spokesman with the B.C. Ministry of Environment says one car was fully submerged in…
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Canadian group to repatriate Canadarm company in $1 billion deal with Maxar
TORONTO – The company that built the robotic Canadarm for the U.S. Space Shuttle and International Space Station programs is returning to Canadian ownership in a $1-billion deal announced Monday. A consortium led by Toronto-based Northern Private Capital with financial…
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Bombardier selling Mexican wiring operation to French manufacturer Latecoere
MONTREAL – Bombardier Inc. has agreed to sell a Mexican operation that makes electrical wiring systems for its planes to Latecoere, a French company that supplies many of the world’s major aircraft manufacturers. The companies say Latecoere will pay US$50…
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Federal consumer carbon tax, with rebate program, comes to Alberta
CALGARY – The federal consumer carbon tax is returning to Alberta with the new year, complete with a rebate program that Ottawa says will leave most families better off. Starting Wednesday, a litre of gas is expected to cost about…
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‘Doomsday’ scenario of mass layoffs due to AI unlikely, federal documents say
OTTAWA – Newly released documents show that top government officials believe there is no imminent threat that artificial intelligence and robots will displace large segments of the Canadian workforce. In work done last year, federal experts found the likelihood of…
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SKF Hosts STLE Toronto Workshop
The Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE) Toronto Section recently held a workshop which looked at reducing tribological loses and failures. The workshop took place at SKF Canada Limited offices in Toronto. Invited speakers covered a broad base of…
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Utility turned disaster into road map for climate change
(AP) NEW YORK – As global temperatures creep higher and the risk of deadly wildfires grows, utilities in the West are struggling to respond to the threat. San Diego Gas & Electric was ahead of the curve when it began…
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San Diego Chicago flight diverts after apparent engine fire
(AP) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A plane heading from San Diego to Chicago made an emergency landing in Albuquerque on Monday after an engine appeared to shoot out sparks and flames. United Airlines Flight 366 touched down safely at Albuquerque International…
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Ottawa won’t assess N.S. mill’s pipeline proposal, leaving it up to the province
HALIFAX – The future of a Nova Scotia pulp mill now rests solely in the hands of the provincial government, after Ottawa announced it would not conduct its own review of the company’s contentious proposal to pipe millions of litres…
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Boeing to halt production of 737 Max airliner in January
(AP) – CHICAGO – Boeing Co. said Monday that it will temporarily stop producing its grounded 737 Max jet starting in January as it struggles to get approval from regulators to put the plane back in the air. The Chicago-based…
