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Oshawa GM workers hold work stoppage over closure
Automaker rejects Unifor plan, going ahead with the shutdown.
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Tariffs still in place, Ottawa to commit up to $90M for Algoma Steel
Funding aimed at new technologies, improving productivity and staying competitive in international markets.
Fiat Chrysler to pay US$650M in emissions cheating case
Automaker will also need to pay about $280 million to compensate vehicle owners.
TransCanada name change ‘de-emphasizes’ Canada for leery investors: analyst
TransCanada says its new name, TC Energy, reflects its diverse business interests in pipelines, power generation and energy storage operations.
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Harley-Davidson’s new electric motorbikes aim to lure millennials
The LiveWire starts at $37,250 with a range of up to 177 kilometres of city riding on a full battery.
EU parliament laments trans-Atlantic relations under Trump
Trans-Atlantic relations have steadily worsened since Trump became president two years ago.
Bank of Canada holds interest rate, views oil slump as temporary soft patch
The bank is now projecting growth to be just 1.7 per cent in 2019.
Washington State regulator denies bid to reconsider Hydro One-Avista deal
The regulator is worried about interference from Ontario’s Ford government.
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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GM rejects Unifor proposals to keep Oshawa assembly plant open past 2019
“GM today, by reconfirming their decision, has not only picked a fight frankly with Unifor, but they have picked a fight with all of Canada,” said Jerry Dias.
Trump pleads on TV for wall funding to fix border ‘crisis’
Dems say he played on fear, not facts.
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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.
Trump taking case for border wall to prime time audience
The US president will go on TV Tuesday evening and make his case for a southern border wall to the American people.
RCMP arrest 14 people in northern BC over anti-LNG pipeline protest
TransCanada subsidiary Coastal GasLink says it has signed agreements with all First Nations along the route for LNG Canada’s $40-billion liquefied natural gas project in Kitimat.
UK rules out Brexit extension as May seeks EU help on deal
“We are leaving the EU on the 29th of March this year, because that’s what Article 50 says, that’s what Parliament voted for, and that’s now what domestic British legislation says as well,” British minister Martin Callanan said.
