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Boosting Economic Growth in Rural Ontario
Ontario is supporting local projects that will attract investment, create jobs and boost economic growth in rural communities through the renewed Rural Economic Development...
WSJ: CSX full steam ahead in Harrison CEO talks
CSX Corp. has entered into discussions with Canadian Pacific Railway's outgoing chief executive officer, E. Hunter Harrison, about potentially installing him as its next...
Trump May Scare of Manufacturing in Canada
OTTAWA - Many large companies are becoming gun-shy about making new investments in Canada because of Donald Trump's hardline stance on firms investing outside the U.S., says...
Trump’s 20% import tax good news for Canadian oil patch
CALGARY (Bloomberg) -- U.S. President Donald Trump’s controversial 20% tax on imports from Mexico to pay for a border wall would come as a second gift in less than a week...
Trump signs executive order on trade deals
A week since being sworn in as the 45th president of the Unites States, Donald Trump has taken full advantage of his authority as commander in chief by signing a slew of...
HOTSTART celebrating 75 years
Spokane, Wash.-based HOTSTART, a leading developer and manufacturer of diesel engine block heaters, is celebrating its 75th anniversary throughout 2017... To read full...
Canadian railways need ‘physical fail-safe capabilities’ to reduce collision risk: TSB
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada reiterated Wednesday its recommendation for “additional physical defenses” on railways in case crews fail to obey signals... To...
As House of Commons readies to resume its work, Trudeau shuffles his parliamentary secretaries
With the House of Commons set to resume activity next week — its first sitting since before Christmas — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shuffled his parliamentary...
BNSF to cut rates for ethanol shippers using DOT-117s
Starting April 1, 2017, the Berkshire Hathaway-owned Class I railway will offer discounts of $300 per carload for ethanol shippers that opt to use the newer, safer DOT-117...
2017 start eyed for huge Montreal LRT project
Preparatory work for Montreal’s new 27-station, 67-kilometre light rail transit (LRT) project continues at a breathtaking pace as proponents CDPQ Infra say they are...
Canada eyes expanding trade to Far East
But one observer says that while the Trudeau government is on the right track with its focus on Asia, trade agreements with markets such as China and Japan will face...
Garneau downplays chance of port and airport privatization
The federal government’s decision to study privatizing the country’s ports and major airports is simply a matter of “exploring different possibilities” and not an...