Contrans Group has announced the acquisition of Guelph, Ont.-based Best Transfer. Best provides flatbed, tank and dry bulk transportation services. Contrans estimates it will add about $8 million in annual revenue to its operations. ...
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Hydro One, along with Bob Chiarelli, Ontario's minister of energy, officially launched a new customer education tool: the Electricity Discovery Centre. The 1000-sf, 60-ft long mobile centre features interactive exhibits on electrical ...
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On Thursday at 2:05 AM, a trailer and cargo of rolled paper were stolen from an unsecured yard in Mississauga, ON. The trailer is a white 2013 Stoughton with an Ontario license plate—K3274K. The suspect tractor’s number is ...
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Excelitas Technologies of Waltham, MA, USA, which provides customized optoelectronics to OEMs, has acquired Lumen Dynamics of Ontario, Canada, a privately held volume manufacturer of lamp- and LED-based UV curing and fluorescence ...
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Canada-based specialty packaging firm CCL Industries is set to permanently shut down its aerosol manufacturing operations in Penetanguishene, Ontario beginning first half of 2014 to mid-2015. CCL Industries president and CEO Geoffrey ...
Noel Perry of FTR Associates is holding up four fingers and one thumb. He had asked a room full of Ontario trucking executives, rhetorically, “how many dry van carriers or reefer carriers have the capability to bid - in a big way - on ...
A panel of industry leaders gathered at the Ontario Trucking Association conference to address methods to manage generational gaps in the business of trucking. Managing the generation gap in your business, a session that was held on ...
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Penner International was recognized with the MTA / Shaw Tracking Distinguished Member Award for 2013 at the Manitoba Trucking Associations (MTA) annual fall awards gala on Thursday November 14, 2013. The Distinguished Member Award is ...
Packs, COWs, WOWs and FOPs – these are all just another way to describe airline passengers. Don Bell, the retired co-founder of WestJet, spoke to conference attendees at the 2013 Ontario Trucking Association meeting and shed light ...
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A new containerization facility has been opened adjacent to the Port of Montreal, which will see agricultural products containerized for shipment locally and internationally. Newly formed CanEst Transit has signed a long-term lease with ...
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Mega Precious Metals Inc. (TSX VENTURE:MGP) ("Mega") announces that, further to the news release of October 16, 2013, Mega has filed the National Instrument 43-101 Technical Report entitled "Report on Drilling MH1103 Headway Au Property, ...
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Empire Communities and Koben Systems Inc. (KSI) celebrated the official unveiling of the first electric vehicle charging stations in the newly launched second phase of Empire's Imagine Community development in the Niagara Region of Ontario. ...
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Big Rock Brewery, a Canada-based beer maker, is set to introduce its new Saaz Republic Pilz lager, the first of three upcoming new releases in Ontario this week. Created by the brewery's brewmaster Paul Gautreau, Saaz Republic Pilz has a ...
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Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan has inked a deal to acquire UK-based biscuit manufacturer Burton's Biscuits for an undisclosed amount. Burton's is owned by private equity group Apollo Global Management and Canadian Imperial Bank of ...
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New BlackBerry chairman and interim chief executive John Chen has a large pay package. In addition to a $1 million base salary and $2 million performance bonus, the Waterloo, Ontario, company will give him 13 million BlackBerry restricted ...
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