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Bombardier ready to ship second LRT vehicle to Waterloo Region

Bombardier ready to ship second LRT vehicle to Waterloo Region

Bombardier says they are on track to deliver the light rail vehicles for Waterloo Region’s ION. To read full article click here

Trump says he wants to shift focus to NAFTA, tax cuts

Trump says he wants to shift focus to NAFTA, tax cuts

WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump has signalled his desire to shift his focus to renegotiating trade deals like NAFTA, after a bumpy patch marked by controversy...

Ontario to push for Canadian exemption to New York state Buy American policy

Ontario to push for Canadian exemption to New York state Buy American policy

TORONTO - Two Ontario cabinet ministers are heading to New York state to urge legislators to exempt Canada from a Buy American policy it plans to introduce, warning that it...

Istanbul – Dhaka – Yangon corridor plan to improve South Asia rail connectivity

Istanbul – Dhaka – Yangon corridor plan to improve South Asia rail connectivity

ASIA: Officials and policy makers from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia and Turkey attended a conference on March...

Trelleborg has opened a polyurethane manufacturing factory at Retford in the UK.

Trelleborg has opened a polyurethane manufacturing factory at Retford in the UK.

Trimble and video system suppler Railhead Corp have announced a partnership to integrate real-time remote monitoring, diagnostics and on-board video to maximise locomotive...

East and west, connected by rail

East and west, connected by rail

University of Toronto historian Bob Bothwell calls construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) from Ontario to the Pacific Ocean from 1881 to 1885 — 3,100...

Canadian Manufacturing Sales up for Third Month in a Row, adding to Promising Data

Canadian Manufacturing Sales up for Third Month in a Row, adding to Promising Data

OTTAWA — Canadian manufacturing sales in January were better than expected, the latest in a series of promising reports for the economy. To read full article click here

Lower Mainland mayors talk transit funds as federal budget nears

Lower Mainland mayors talk transit funds as federal budget nears

Lower Mainland mayors are hopeful as they wait for the announcement in Wednesday’s federal budget that they believe will be the domino that sets off a massive transit...

With CETA, Canada and the EU face protectionism as strategic partners

With CETA, Canada and the EU face protectionism as strategic partners

This year, Canada and the European Union celebrate over 40 years of relations. We are united by a deep friendship, a common history and culture, common values and ideals. To...

Custom wagons delivered and new CP tracks completed

Custom wagons delivered and new CP tracks completed

CANADA: The first 177 of 531 wagons being custom-built by National Steel Car for K+S Potash Canada have been delivered to the Legacy Project mine site in Saskatchewan To...

Trump budget ends funding of Amtrak long-distance trains, TIGER grants

Trump budget ends funding of Amtrak long-distance trains, TIGER grants

President Donald Trump's proposed federal budget blueprint would cut the U.S. Department of Transportation' s budget by $2.4 billion, or 13 percent, to $16.2 billion,...

Ahead of federal budget, Morneau says world should follow Canada’s tax-the-rich plan

Ahead of federal budget, Morneau says world should follow Canada’s tax-the-rich plan

Finance Minister Bill Morneau is telling his G20 colleagues that taxing the rich is good economics, just days before he releases a second budget that must keep Canada...