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WSP Global extends buying spree as it moves to overtake SNC Lavalin
MONTREAL – WSP Global Inc. is extending its shopping spree with the purchase of U.S. environmental consulting firm Ecology and Environment Inc. – WSP’s fifth acquisition this year. The Montreal-based engineering company says it will pay US$65.1 million for E&E,…
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Ontario rips up Ring of Fire deal with First Nations to pursue bilateral talks
Ontario is ripping up an agreement with First Nations on building road access to the Ring of Fire region in favour of pursuing individual deals with the nine communities, saying the move will speed up development of the mining project.…
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Russian firm sues Boeing over Max jet, says defects hidden
MOSCOW – A Russian aircraft leasing company that ordered 35 Boeing Max jets is suing the U.S. aircraft maker and seeking to cancel the deal, accusing Boeing of hiding defects in the plane that was grounded after two deadly crashes.…
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Teck zinc production to take a hit after equipment failure at refinery
VANCOUVER – Teck Resources Ltd. says zinc production will be less than expected after an electrical equipment failure on the weekend at its refinery in Trail, B.C. The company says the failure affected one of four rectifiers used in the…
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Norbord reducing oriented strand board production at Georgia mill
TORONTO – Norbord Inc. says it is reducing production at an oriented strand board mill in Cordele, Ga., due to poor market conditions. One line at the two-line mill will operate on a reduced schedule starting on Sept. 5. The…
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Ottawa, B.C. to push electrification of gas industry to cut carbon emissions
SURREY, B.C. – The federal and British Columbia governments want to power the production of the natural gas industry in the province using electricity. As part of an agreement announced Thursday, the two governments and BC Hydro are forming a…
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Confusion trips up labour reform roll out, with some stakeholders in the dark
Chris Rauenbusch says he doesn’t know if his employer can summon him to work on a day off after a series of sweeping federal labour reforms went into effect Sunday. “I don’t know if I am entitled to take a…
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Nederman Celebrates 30th Canadian Anniversary
Nederman Canadian headquarters in Mississauga played host to the company’s 30th anniversary celebration of operating in Canada. ”We are proud to celebrate 30 years in Canada protecting people, planet and products from harmful effects of industrial processes,” said Michael Catalano,…
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Deer Lake, N.L., drinking water deemed safe after canal cleanup: report
ST. JOHN’S – Months after dozens of old metal barrels were pulled from a canal in western Newfoundland, a report on the procedure has declared the nearby town’s drinking water safe. The barrels were discovered in 2016 in the Humber…
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Retail giants face pressure to change chemical coated receipt paper
Some of Canada’s biggest retailers started testing alternatives to receipt paper that’s coated in potentially dangerous chemicals, as pressure mounts for them to phase it out by the end of this year. “We urge you to take immediate steps to…
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Manufacturing sales beat forecasts in June despite falling 1.2%, says StatCan
Canadian factory activity beat expectations in June as manufacturing sales fell 1.2 per cent to $58 billion, led lower by a drop in the petroleum and coal product and food industries, Statistics Canada said in a report Tuesday. Economists on…
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ACOA writes off balance of two multimillion dollar loans to Irving company
FREDERICTON – An Irving-owned company is off the hook on repaying the balance owed on two multimillion-dollar federal loans it received to open a drywall plant in Saint John, N.B. The two conditionally repayable loans, totalling $7.4 million, were issued…
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Ottawa ready to pass law forcing CN to restore rusting Quebec Bridge
Ottawa says its ready to take ownership of the aging Quebec Bridge or pass legislation forcing the Canadian National Railway to restore the historic structure. Quebec City leaders have been trying for years to have the steel cantilever bridge repainted.…
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Ottawa takes promised steps to prevent transshipments of aluminum, steel
Ottawa is taking promised steps to prevent aluminum and steel from entering Canada as a way to circumvent trade measures that led to the U.S. lifting tariffs earlier this year. Starting Sept. 1, certain aluminum products will be added to…
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Feds amend shipyard search following complaint about bias toward Quebec’s Davie
OTTAWA – The federal government is amending its search for a third shipyard to add to its multibillion-dollar national shipbuilding strategy. The move follows a complaint last week from an Ontario shipyard to the Canadian International Trade Tribunal that the…
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Atlas Copco Compressors Canada Names President and GM
Ariel Rubinstein has been named President and General Manager at Atlas Copco Compressors Canada, effective as of October 1. Rubinstein has been with Atlas Copco Argentina S.A.C.I since 2004, where he began as a Service Engineer. He has held a…
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Alltork Actuation Becomes Sole Distributor of Rotork Gears Products
Rotork Controls has announced an agreement for Alltork Actuation, a Division of VL Motion Systems Inc., to be the sole distributor for Rotork Gears products in Canada. This agreement will include all Rotork Gears and Mastergear brand manual and motorized…
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Bonterra has 70 workers cleaning up oil spill site in Alberta creek
DRAYTON VALLEY, Alta. – Bonterra Energy Corp. says it has 70 workers cleaning up the site of an oil emulsion leak from a pipeline into a creek that feeds the North Saskatchewan River in west central Alberta. In an update…
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Group wants new agency to oversee oil and gas industry in British Columbia
VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s Oil and Gas Commission isn’t taking action that would protect the environment in the public interest, favouring instead the companies it is intended to police, says a new report. Author Ben Parfitt accused the Crown corporation…
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Oil spills leave regulator unhappy with performance of N.L.’s offshore industry
ST. JOHN’S – The chairman of Newfoundland and Labrador’s offshore oil industry regulator says back-to-back spills from the Hibernia platform over the last month represent concerning failures to meet obligations to society and the environment. An estimated 2,200 litres of…
