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Hydro Quebec making headway in aftermath of fierce autumn storm, but will need more time
MONTREAL – Hydro-Quebec’s president said the number of clients without power will drop to less than 100,000 by late Sunday, with the remaining, more complex cases to take a few more days to fix as the utility deals with the…
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Imperial Oil CEO offers faint praise for Alberta curtailment cuts for rail plan
CALGARY – Alberta is going in the “right direction” with its plan to ease production curtailments for oil producers who add crude-by-rail capacity, the CEO of Imperial Oil Ltd. said Friday, although he didn’t commit to transport more oil by…
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SeaBus services cancelled on first day of Vancouver transit dispute
VANCOUVER – The first day of job action by transit workers in Metro Vancouver caused SeaBus cancellations on a busy commuter route across the Burrard Inlet. TransLink said seven SeaBus round trips, totalling 14 sailings, were cancelled starting Friday afternoon…
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UAW leaders send Ford contract to ratification vote
DETROIT – Union workers at Ford will start voting Monday on a proposed four-year contract that includes wage increases and more than $6 billion for investments at 19 plants. The United Auto Workers said Friday that its National UAW-Ford council…
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US manufacturing contracts for third straight month
(AP) WASHINGTON – U.S. manufacturing output dropped for the third straight month in October as trade tensions and a slowing global economy took a toll on American factories. The Institute for Supply Management, an association of purchasing managers, said Friday…
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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…
