The Canadian Pork Council (CPC) has been following with great interest developments in trade negotiations between Canada and South Korea and welcome today's news that the terms of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) has been finalized. The ...
Tags: Pork, Agriculture, Food
NTEA, the Association for the Work Truck Industry, has announced the opening of its first Canadian office. The association also named Mark Woody, president of Palfinger North America in Niagara Falls, Ont. its new president at the Work ...
Tags: Transportation, Auto Parts
The Government of Canada has announced an additional $500m commitment over two years for innovation and new investments in Canada's auto industry included in Economic Action Plan 2014. This latest announcement expands on the government's ...
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A new study, released by the Canada-U.S. Task Group, a group of Canadian and U.S. non-profit and trade organizations, documents the commercial flow of grain from the United States to Canada. The study addresses U.S. and Canadian trade ...
Spooky lights heralding the onset of earthquakes have been tied to divine portents or UFO sightings in the past. But the true culprit may be certain rocks that release electric charges when stressed by the Earth's seismic shifts, ...
Tags: earthquakes, earthquake lights, certain rocks, electronic process
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) received an "adequate" rating – the lowest passing grade – in the latest audit by the U.S. government to determine its equivalency on food safety standards, according to documents ...
Tags: Food Inspection, Canada's Food Inspection Agency, Lowest Passing Grade
The Mining Association of Canada (MAC) commends the federal government on the signing of two new Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreements (FIPAs) with Tanzania and Guinea. The FIPA with Tanzania came into force earlier today, ...
Tags: Mining, Metallurgy, Mineral
New BlackBerry CEO John Chen has sent an open letter to the company's customers telling them that BlackBerry is "very much alive, thank you". The letter to customers is intended to reassure them that the investments that they have made in ...
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BlackBerry's chief operating officer, Kristian Tear, and chief marketing officer, Frank Boulben, have both left the company with immediate effect, while chief financial officer Brian Bidulka will leave at the end of the financial year, the ...
Tags: exec, BlackBerry, management, shake-up
As China became one of the fastest-growing markets for Canadian agri-foods, Ottawa plans to increase such exports to the Asian country. Under a new program unveiled Friday, the Canadian government will invest up to 4.3 million Canadian ...
Tags: Agri-Foods, Food
Bavarian Nordic, an international biotechnology company, has announced that Health Canada has granted a notice of compliance approving IMVAMUNE for active immunization against smallpox in a public health emergency. IMVAMUNE is indicated ...
Westshore Terminals reported an average coal loading rate of C$9.52 in the third quarter, up 2% from both the previous quarter and the year-ago quarter, according to its quarterly report filed late Wednesday with the Canadian government. ...
Tags: Westshore Terminals, Mineral
Fortress Paper Ltd. announces that that China's Ministry of Commerce ("MOFCOM") has made a preliminary determination to impose an interim duty on the import of Canadian dissolving pulp into China. The interim duty applied against the ...
Tags: Fortress, Anti-Dumping Duty
Lenovo, the Beijing-based PC and server maker, was rebuffed in its attempt to acquire smartphone maker BlackBerry by the Canadian government, which blocked its bid on national security grounds. According to Canada's Global and Mail ...
Tags: Computer Products, Blackberry
Boa-Franc, manufacturer prefinished hardwood floors, has received the most prestigious award bestowed by the Canadian government on businesses and organizations that successfully apply best business practices. A Gold Trophy Award was ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration