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Saguenay Port to get bulk material conveyor
LA BAIE, QC — The federal government is investing $33 million in the Saguenay Port in Quebec from the National Trade Corridors…
Trucks stack up at Canada-US border as CBSA guards work to rule
WASHINGTON — Long lines of semi-trailer trucks snaked away from the Canada-US frontier Friday as a work-to-rule campaign by border…
Canada posts $3.2-billion trade surplus in June amid export surge
OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the country posted a merchandise trade surplus of $3.2 billion in June as exports rose and imports…
Lebanese mark year since port blast
BEIRUT (AP) — United in grief and anger, families of the victims and several thousand Lebanese marked one year since the horrific…
Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut to get deepwater port
IQALUIT, Nunavut — The Baffin Island community of Qikiqtarjuaq will see a deepwater port built in its community after decades of…
Canadian railways expect weaker crop year
TORONTO — Canada's two largest railways say they are unlikely to repeat the record grain shipments they posted in 2020 due to…
Amazon union vote may get do-over
The union that tried — and failed — to organize Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama may get a do-over.
The Retail,…
Government to extend aid programs to October due to uneven rebound
OTTAWA — The federal government is tapping the brakes on its plans to phase out pandemic aid programs this summer, deciding…
VersaCold Logistics buys cold storage warehouses
TORONTO — VersaCold Logistics Services has acquired a strategic portfolio of cold storage warehouses from H&R Real Estate…
CP Rail says ruling on CN-KCS merger expected soon
CALGARY — With a US regulator set to rule soon on Canadian National Railway Co.'s proposed merger with Kansas City Southern, rival…
The COVID 19 pandemic has revealed global supply chains are a house of cards
COVID-19 has laid bare many uncomfortable truths regarding society's overall preparedness for low-probability but high-impact…
Airports in the US West dealing with shortage of jet fuel
A shortage of jet fuel, coupled with supply chain issues and an urgent demand from firefighting aircraft, continues to cause…