By By Rob Gillies The Associated Press TORONTO — Pipeline company TransCanada says it’s cancelling a plan to pipe 1.1 million barrels of oil per day from Western Canada to the Atlantic coast. TransCanada Chief Executive Officer Russ Girling said in a statement Thursday that “after careful review of changed […]
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The Associated Press DETROIT — Fiat Chrysler is recalling nearly 710,000 Jeep and Dodge SUVs in North America because an improperly installed brake shield could let water leak in and limit braking ability. The recall covers 2011 to 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokees and Dodge Durangos. The company says brake booster […]
By Tom Krisher The Associated Press DETROIT — Even though gasoline-powered SUVs are what people are buying now, General Motors is betting that electric vehicles will be all the rage in the not-too-distant future. The Detroit automaker is promising two new EVs loosely based on the Chevrolet Bolt in the […]
The Canadian Press VANCOUVER — As dairy products, Bombardier aircraft and softwood lumber continue to bedevil trade relations between Canada and the U.S., negotiators will have to add wine to their list of issues to resolve. The U.S. has filed a second complaint with the World Trade Organization over what […]
The Associated Press LONDON — Getting anywhere on the planet in under an hour ‚Äî one of the more intriguing possibilities that Elon Musk, the billionaire innovator, raised as he unveiled plans for a new rocket. Musk said the vessel would both take off and land vertically, like a space […]
By Ross Marowits The Canadian Press MONTREAL — Bombardier Inc. is expected to double down on its efforts to snag a CSeries order from China after the U.S. announced hefty duties that threaten to shut it out of the large American market. “The CSeries business is probably not viable longer […]
By Tracey Lindeman And Rob Gillies The Associated Press OTTAWA — The most contentious issues in talks to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement have not been introduced by the United States, the Canadian foreign minister said Wednesday as the third round of talks between Canada, the U.S. and […]
By Rob Gillies THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TORONTO — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday his government could stop doing business with Boeing if the U.S. company doesn’t drop a trade complaint against Canadian plane maker Bombardier. Trudeau said Canada “won’t do business with a company that’s busy trying to sue […]
By Tammy Webber The Associated Press CHICAGO — The Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday it’s postponing portions of an Obama-era rule to curb water pollution from coal-fired power plants while it considers whether to rewrite the measure. It’s the second time the agency, at the behest of the electric utility […]
The Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.–SpaceX has unveiled a sleek white spacesuit for astronauts on its crewed flights coming up next year. Chief executive Elon Musk made the big reveal via Instagram yesterday. He said it’s not him in the new suit, rather a SpaceX engineer. SpaceX is developing a […]
By Ross Marowits The Canadian Press MONTREAL — The country’s two largest railways are calling for federal investments to boost the rail capacity of Vancouver’s North Shore,despite moving large quantities of grain last year. Canadian National Railway (TSX:CNR) transported 21.8 million tonnes of the 2016-2017 Western Canadian grain crop, beating […]
The Associated Press LOS ANGELES–A Los Angeles jury yesterday ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $417 million to a woman who claimed in a lawsuit that the talc in its iconic baby powder causes ovarian cancer when applied regularly for feminine hygiene. The lawsuit was brought by a California woman, […]
