Wes Armour, CEO of Armour Transportation Systems, today outlined several trends that are shaping the Canadian transportation industry. He was speaking at the Surface Transportation Summit, hosted by Motortruck Fleet Executive, Canadian ...
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According to the annual BMO Back to School Survey released, retailers should expect to see a boost from back-to-school shopping this year as Canadians plan to spend more on school materials compared to last year. According to the survey, ...
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Housing starts in Canada were trending at 187,416 units in July compared to 182,142 in June, according to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The trend is a six-month moving average of the monthly seasonally adjusted annual ...
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Walmart Canada unveiled its first Supercentre in Atlantic Canada at its Halifax Centre store located in the Halifax Shopping Centre Annex at 6990 Mumford Road. "We have worked hard to ensure all of our customers will enjoy the changes to ...
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Trailer Wizards has announced a number of recent changes to its executive team. Anne McKee, who joined Trailer Wizards in November 2011 as director of human resources, has been named vice-president. In addition to a continued leadership ...
The Atlantic Provinces Trucking Association (APTA) says it is working on a project that will help the industry deal with pressing issues such as the driver shortage, training and driver retention. "We are very pleased to move forward with ...
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Canadian employers expect a moderate hiring climate for the third quarter of 2013, with employers in the Transportation & Public Utilities sector reporting the strongest 3Q job prospects, according to the latest results of the Manpower ...
Pieridae Energy Canada, the developer of the Goldboro LNG project in Nova Scotia, has signed a 20-year sales agreement to start delivering 5 million mt/year to German utility E.ON in the first quarter of 2020, Pieridae said Monday. The ...
Ron McDonald, vice-president and general manager of Liteco, recently made some management announcements involving Brian Dobson, Peter Case, Donna McLaughlin and Mike Hutchings. Effective immediately, Brian Dobson is the manager of ...
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Atlantic Canada’s independently-owned brokerage Archway Insurance has acquired SNC Insurance, which is one of Metro’s premier brokerages, for an undisclosed amount. Positioning Archway as a major brokerage in the Maritimes, ...
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Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) has promoted Amanda Dean as regional vice president for Atlantic Canada, to oversee its government relations activities and community and stakeholder outreach initiatives across the region. Dean, who ...
Housing starts in Canada were trending at 182,754 units in April compared to 188,369 in March, according to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The trend is a six-month moving average of the monthly seasonally adjusted ...
Canadian dairy cooperatives, Farmers Co-operative Dairy and Agropur Cooperative have finalized the steps leading to the merging of activities of the two organisations. Agropur produces Natrel, Quebon, Allegro, Olympic and Island Farms ...
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Innovative Electrical Sales has signed on with Universal Lighting Technologies to represent the lighting ballast and controls manufacturer in Atlantic Canada, which includes Newfoundland & Labrador, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince ...
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Fenestration Canada has released the rates and program of events for its Annual General Meeting taking place May 30 to June 1 in St. John's, N.L. Early bird registration rates are available until April 5. The meeting will be held at the ...
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