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Nutrien to cut 80 jobs at Vanscoy potash mine, cites soft global market
SASKATOON – Nutrien Ltd. says it plans to cut jobs at its potash operation in Vanscoy, Sask. Will Tigley, a company spokesman, says the move will take effect in July and is the result of a soft global market. The…
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Canadian inflation rises in April; gas prices strengthen from carbon pricing
OTTAWA – Canada’s annual inflation rate picked up its pace in April for a third-straight month due in part to stronger gasoline prices in provinces with new carbon-pricing systems. The consumer price index posted a year-over-year increase of two per…
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Industry, economists weigh in on lifting of tariffs on Canadian steel, aluminum
TORONTO – The lifting of U.S. tariffs on imported steel and aluminum from Canada received a positive but guarded welcome from industry, which hoped it could lead to a speedy ratification of the pending U.S.-Mexico-Canada agreement. But the agreement by…
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Owner of large, open pit mines in Nova Scotia, sold to Australian firm
HALIFAX – A large, open-pit gold operation located in the historic Nova Scotia mining district of Moose River has been sold to an Australian firm. A news release issued earlier this week says St Barbara mining has acquired Atlantic Gold…
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Statistics Canada reports Manufacturing sales up 2.1 per cent in March
OTTAWA – Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales increased 2.1 per cent to $58.0 billion in March, boosted by the transportation equipment, petroleum and coal product, and primary metal industries. Economists had expected a 1.1 per cent increase for the month,…
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N.S. mine where roof collapsed allowed limited production increase
DONKIN, N.S.- Nova Scotia’s Labour Department has allowed a limited increase in production at Canada’s only operating underground coal mine after a series of roof collapses last year. Kameron Coal’s operations in Cape Breton were suspended for just under a…
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Workers out after sheltering from fire in Saskatchewan potash mine
ALLAN, Sask. – Dozens of workers are back above ground after having to take shelter for several hours during a fire at a potash mine southeast of Saskatoon. Nutrien spokesman Will Tigley told CKOM Radio that the blaze broke out…
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Old facilities, changing times, catch up to three western livestock feed plants
SASKATOON – Aging facilities and business consolidation are being cited by Federated Co-operative Limited as reasons for its decision to close three of its six livestock feed production plants on the Prairies. FCL says its Co-op Feeds operations in Melfort,…
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Essentra Re-launches Reid
Essentra announced the re-launch of Reid brand and its e-commerce web site. Reid (formerly Reid Supply) appointed Shelly Koeck as GM, she brings a range of operational and strategic expertise in manufacturing, technology, and OEM engineered product offerings. “While many…
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Construction accident in Alberta’s energy sector kills two workers
FOX CREEK, Alta. – A construction accident in northern Alberta has killed two workers. Source Energy Services says in a statement that the contractors died on Tuesday during work on additional storage capacity for what’s known as fracking sand at…
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Greene Tweed Launches The Right FITT
Greene Tweed launched The Right FITT, a multi-year manufacturing strategy for Industry 4.0. The plan includes new equipment, data integration systems and controls, and three-phase maintenance improvement plan with a goal of zero equipment stoppages. Under The Right FITT (Factory…
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Enbridge CEO says changes to Bill C 69 are ‘critical’ for Canadian energy sector
CALGARY – The CEO of Enbridge Inc. says it’s “critical” to Canada’s energy future that substantive changes are made to proposed federal legislation to revamp how big resource projects win federal approval. Speaking after his company’s annual shareholders’ meeting in…
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NDP unveils parts of climate plan in motion as the Green Party edges closer
OTTAWA – NDP leader Jagmeet Singh says his party will cut Canada’s emissions almost in half over the next decade as he tries to stake out a claim to the climate change agenda in the looming federal election. The pledge…
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NTSB: Ineffective maintenance led to deadly 2017 barge blast
(AP) PORT ARANSAS, Texas – Federal investigators have concluded that a deadly 2017 barge blast in Port Aransas resulted from the lack of effective maintenance and safety management of the barge. The National Transportation Safety Board issued its findings in…
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Saskatchewan carbon capture facility likely to fall short of annual target: CEO
REGINA – The CEO of SaskPower says he doesn’t think the province’s carbon capture and storage facility will be able to meet its yearly target for trapping carbon dioxide. Mike Marsh says the Crown corporation’s coal-fired Boundary Dam power plant…
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Noront picks Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., site for ferrochrome production facility
TORONTO – Noront Resources Ltd. says it has chosen the Algoma Steel Inc. site in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., for its ferrochrome production facility. The company says it picked the location over a spot in Timmins, Ont. Noront says Timmins…
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GM, Unifor announce investment in Oshawa plant that will save 300 jobs
TORONTO – The union representing Canadian auto workers claimed a partial victory Tuesday after General Motors Canada announced an Oshawa, Ont., plant slated to close later this year will be converted to a part-stamping and autonomous vehicle testing facility. Unifor…
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Canadian Natural optimism up on oil curtailments, crude by rail rebound
CALGARY – Fears of another Alberta oil price crisis are ebbing thanks to the government’s production curtailment program and improving crude-by-rail profitability, says the president of oilsands producer Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. But anxiety about a return to the steep…
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Health and Safety Top of Mind at Partners in Prevention
Being safe and healthy at work was the theme of the day at Partners in Prevention 2019 conference and trade show at the International Centre in Toronto, Ontario. The show is billed as “the largest and longest-running health and safety…
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Education and Networking Highlight Reliable Plant 2019
Reliable Plant 2019 Conference and Exhibition brought North American maintenance and reliability professionals to the Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland for keynotes, learning sessions, and exhibition. By far the largest part of the conference was the learning sessions, which allowed…
