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Goodyear Canada is planning to spend more than $575 million to expand and modernize an eastern Ontario plant to produce electric vehicle and all-terrain tires and make its processes more energy efficient. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Premier Doug Ford were on hand for an announcement Monday at the factory …
Read More »Materials company suspends construction of $2.8B Ontario battery plant
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted July 27, 2024 10:33 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Umicore says it has halted spending on a $2.76-billion battery materials plant in eastern Ontario. The global materials company says it made the decision because of scaled-back expectations …
Read More »Farmers warn of ripple effect of strike at Ontario’s largest beef processing plant
A strike at the province’s largest beef processing plant is having a domino effect in Ontario’s beef farming industry, experts warn. Employees at Cargill in Guelph, Ont., have been on the picket lines as the strike goes into its second month. Joe Hill, a producer north of Fergus and a …
Read More »Chemical plant in Sarnia, Ont. says it will permanently close by 2026
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ineos Styrolution announced that it will permanently shutter operations in southwestern Ontario after both the provincial and federal governments enacted new rules aimed at curbing benzene emissions at its plants. The chemical manufacturer said Tuesday in a statement that it will cease …
Read More »Invasive vs. native garden species: Learning what to pull and what to plant
The City of Toronto’s Patricia Landry can’t resist pulling out the invasive dog strangling vine that she notices in the Glen Stewart Ravine during an interview with Global News. “It’s one of our worst invasives,” she says. “It’s an ongoing battle. We never stop.” Sneaky, creeping and costly, invasive plants …
Read More »Largest vaccine production plant in Canada opens in Toronto
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted May 30, 2024 10:19 am Updated May 30, 2024 11:39 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the opening of a major vaccine production plant in Toronto Thursday— part of Canada’s efforts to build …
Read More »Maple Leaf Foods to close aging Brantford poultry plant, consolidate production
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted May 23, 2024 8:31 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Maple Leaf Foods says it’s closing its aging poultry plant in Brantford, Ont. and consolidating its production into its existing network through early next year. The company says …
Read More »As EV battery push continues, Trudeau expected to announce new plant – National
The federal and Ontario governments are set to make “an important automotive announcement” which is expected to be that Canada’s first lithium ion separator plant will be built in Port Colborne, Ont. As first reported by iPolitics, Japanese company Asahi Kasei said on April 25 that it will build a …
Read More »Hundreds strike at Nestle chocolate plant in Toronto, Unifor says – Toronto
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted May 6, 2024 6:14 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Hundreds of Nestle workers walked off the job in Toronto on Sunday after rejecting a tentative agreement the union reached with the chocolate maker. Unifor issued a statement saying its …
Read More »Ontario suspends chemical plant approval over benzene emissions
Ontario’s Ministry of the Environment has ordered a petrochemical facility in Sarnia to suspend its production operations after high benzene emissions, first flagged by a neighbouring First Nation. Aamjiwnaang First Nation, which is surrounded by industrial facilities and monitors air quality readings, recently said citizens fell ill and there were …
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