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CAE to acquire Lockheed Martin flight training division

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CAE of Montreal has reached a conditional agreement to purchase US defence contractor Lockheed Martin’s Commercial Flight Training division. CAE did not disclose details of the transaction, saying only that […]

Green building booming but Canadian companies lag in R&D

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A new report from the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) says that the green building industry generated more economic benefits and employed more people in Canada in 2014 than oil […]

Subsidies part of the game in global aerospace industry

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In the high stakes global commercial jetliner industry, the two undisputed principal players, representing the US and Europe, are Boeing and Airbus. Since 1992, government support for the aircraft industry, […]

Manufacturing sales up in December but down for the year on weak energy sector

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Alberta’s weakened energy sector continues to pull the country’s manufacturing sales down. For the sixth consecutive month, sales of petroleum and coal products were lower in December than in the […]

News of extra jobs tempered by caution in Ontario auto sector

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Good news from Fiat Chrysler is somewhat tempered by a warning from Ford. At the Canadian International Auto Show in Toronto, the CEO of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) Canada, Reid […]

Ontario increases incentives for EV buyers

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Canadians have not switched to electric vehicles (EVs) in a big way. In 2015, total car sales in Canada set a new record: 1.898 million vehicles sold. Compared to that […]

UN aviation body sets first CO2 emissions standard for world’s airlines

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The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) announced yesterday that its environmental panel had reached “eagerly awaited” agreement on greenhouse gas emissions standards for airliners and cargo planes. The measure was […]

Job losses in Alberta, gains in Ontario, leave employment flat in January

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For the first time since 1988, Alberta’s unemployment rate in January was higher than the national average, Statistics Canada reports. After losing 10,000 more jobs in the month, Alberta reached […]

Vehicle sales, mainly light trucks, continued to soar in January

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As with Toronto real estate, so with cars in Canada: sales records continue to fall in 2016 after a record-breaking 2015. New car and truck sales in Canada were up […]

World’s largest offshore wind turbines would mimic palm trees to withstand winds

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The US Department of Energy is funding research that could lead to the building of the world’s largest offshore wind turbines. The turbine blades being developed are 200 metres long […]

Manufacturing closer to stabilizing in January: report

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Ontario manufacturing continues to be the bright spot in the Canadian economy, in the words of RBC chief economist Craig Wright. He was commenting on the latest RBC Canadian Manufacturing […]

Canada’s small businesses encouraged to invest for success

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A sizable majority of Canada’s small and mid-sized enterprises, or SMEs, intend to invest in their business in the coming year. A study from the Business Development Bank of Canada […]

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