Doug Ford announces $40M for Ontario auto sector plan

Part of the plan is aimed at workers like those at GM, who can be retrained and still work in automotive. →

• February 15, 2019

  Steel tariffs waived even with Trump’s tough trade talk

  Commerce Department approved exemption requests from 370 companies for up to 4.1 million tons of foreign steel. →

• February 15, 2019

  Former BC government policies cost BC Hydro billions: energy minister

  NDP will write down $1.1 billion in deferred expense costs on the to reduce the amount of rate increases. →

• February 15, 2019

  Hydro One threatened with action if it doesn’t cut proposed CEO pay

  Board submitted a framework that would pay the next CEO up to $2,775,000. →

• February 14, 2019

  Telus says a Huawei equipment ban by Ottawa could set back 5G network plan

  The telco said it seeks to reduce the potential risk of a Huawei ban. →

• February 14, 2019

  RCMP charges another official in connection with alleged shipbuilding leak

  Matthew Matchett, who was suspended without pay from his job at Public Services and Procurement Canada in October, is due to appear in court on March 5. →

• February 14, 2019

  UK’s May suffers embarrassing defeat on Brexit strategy

  The defeat is symbolic rather than binding, but shows how weak the British PM's hand is. →

• February 14, 2019

  Federal lawyer tells carbon tax hearing greenhouse gases don’t have borders

  The Saskatchewan government has asked the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal to rule whether a federal carbon tax is constitutional. →

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Prevent VFD-induced damage in electric motors

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Digital transformation is achievable for all manufacturers

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Engineering for efficiency: Keeping the water flowing

by RITTAL Sponsored Content provided by PLANT partners: How MetroVan performed a critical infrastructure upgrade while meeting environmental and economic obligations. When MetroVancouver wanted to create and install a complex pumping system, including pump drives, to perform efficiently while curtailing rising energy…→

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