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Metro Supply Chain acquires Quick Contractors
TORONTO — Supply chain solutions company Metro Supply Chain Inc. has acquired Quick Contractors, a managed network of independent…
Virtual cargo pre-screening proof of concept wraps up
OTTAWA — The CBSA and UPS Canada have wrapped up a virtual cargo pre-screening proof of concept, held from May to November 2022,…
Canada Post segment reports $227-million loss
OTTAWA — Canada Post recorded a loss before tax of $227 million in the third quarter of 2022 as parcel volumes fell compared to…
Shopify says merchant sales set Black Friday record
OTTAWA — Shopify Inc. says sales by merchants on its system set a new record for Black Friday as they rose 17 per cent compared…
Global movement pushing Amazon for better wages to reach Quebec facilities
Former Amazon.com Inc. workers and labour organizers visited some of the e-commerce giant's Quebec locations Friday as part of a…
Ambassador Bridge blockade escalated economic threat from ‘Freedom Convoy’: Deputy PM
OTTAWA — Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the economic threat to Canada escalated "exponentially'' when "Freedom ''Convoy"…
CP Holiday Train returns for the first time in three years
MONTREAL — For the first time since 2019, the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train will make its annual journey through Canada and the…
Labour groups allege workers at Canadian Tire supplier factories paid poverty wages
Canadian Tire Corp. has failed to ensure garment workers in its South Asian supplier factories are paid a living wage, labour…
US carriers cheery about on-time holiday deliveries
The US's major shipping companies are in the best shape to get holiday shoppers' packages delivered on time since the start of the…
US supply chain under threat as unions, railroads, clash
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Railroad engineers accepted their deal with the railroads that will deliver 24 per cent raises but conductors…
Wolseley Canada to build distribution centre in the GTA
BURLINGTON — Wolseley Canada is building a market distribution centre in the Greater Toronto Area. The new distribution…
Port of Prince Rupert sees investment to increase supply chain capacity
PRINCE RUPERT, BC — The federal government is investing nearly $75 million to increase capacity at the Port of Prince Rupert…