Transportation
Cenovus Energy vows to build crude by rail capacity
Company is confident Alberta will encourage its as an alternative to delayed new export pipelines.
FedEx Logistics establishing new HQ in downtown Memphis
Memphis-based FedEx Corp. is the city’s largest private employer.
Blocked Siemens and Alstom merger a win for Bombardier: analysts [UPDATED]
Deal could reduce competition in the signaling and high-speed train markets.
Metrolinx to slap Bombardier with penalties over late LRT car delivery
LRT manufacturer three cars short of the first of 76 to be delivered by Feb. 1.
Bombardier resumes rail car deliveries to NYC after problems
Deliveries suspended, citing software issues and past problems with springs between the cars and doors weeping oil.
Chefs and truck drivers beware: AI is coming for your jobs
Changes will disproportionately affect younger workers who dominate food services and other industries at highest risk for automation.
Agency to investigate possible freight rail problems in Vancouver
The Forests Products Association of Canada said rail delays last year cost the forest sector over $500 million.
Bombardier signs US$669M rail car deal with N.J., but no work north of border
Buy American rules are prompting Bombardier’s plant in Plattsburgh, N.Y., to build the multi-level cars, rather than its facility in Quebec.
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CN and CP well poised for 2019 trade headwinds: analysts
Crude-by-rail exports have spiked over the past year amidst a pipeline shortage and a big discount on Western Canadian Select oil.
Tesla cuts prices as 4Q deliveries miss analysts’ estimates
Automaker is cutting prices by $2,000 to offset the phase-out of federal electric vehicle tax credits.
Montreal longshoremen vote for strike mandate
Roughly 1,100 longshoremen at Canada’s second largest port are looking to improve working conditions.
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BRP by design: R&D fuels its winning recreational vehicles
There are growing markets to be tapped in Mexico, Brazil and China.
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Via Rail places $989M train order with Siemens for key rail corridor
No Canadian content requirement; the German firm will build the trains at its North American headquarters in California.
Fuel a factor in salvage of sabotaged coast guard ship in N.S. fishing village [UPDATED]
The vessel was discovered on its side in the water Saturday morning.
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New Flyer moves jobs to Kentucky to meet increasing US content rules
Bus maker is transferring some of the high-dollar electrical components currently made in Winnipeg.
