Category Archives: Manufacturing
Feds keep lid on company names, dollar amounts in some COVID-19 contracts
OTTAWA — The federal Liberals have given companies more than $5.8 billion in pandemic-related contracts for personal protective gear and medical supplies. The latest figures provided by the government also show that about two-fifths of the total c...
Navy enters new era by welcoming long-awaited Arctic warship into fleet
OTTAWA — The Royal Canadian Navy is poised to enter a new era by taking possession of the first armed warship under the federal government's multibillion-dollar shipbuilding plan, and the first built for Arctic military operations in decades. HMCS Harr...
Navy enters new era by welcoming long-awaited Arctic warship into fleet
OTTAWA — The Royal Canadian Navy is poised to enter a new era by taking possession of the first armed warship under the federal government's multibillion-dollar shipbuilding plan, and the first built for Arctic military operations in decades. HMCS Harr...
Companies highlight jobs, economic spinoffs as fighter-jet competition closes
OTTAWA — Fighter-jet makers are leading with promises of jobs and other economic spinoffs as they make their final pitches for why Canada should buy their planes to replace the military's aging CF-18 fleet. Friday marks the deadline for U.S. aeros...
Tam says feds, experts discussing COVID-19 vaccine orders amid concerns of delay
OTTAWA — Active discussions are taking place to potentially pre-order COVID-19 vaccine doses for Canadians, chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam said Tuesday. She said an independent vaccine task force is advising the government on options for C...
Health experts tell Ottawa to hurry domestic vaccine funding amid China delays
OTTAWA — The Trudeau government is being pressed to approve funding for a made-in-Canada COVID-19 vaccine to lessen the risk Canadians will have to line up and wait on a foreign-made pandemic cure. For instance, health-care professionals have written t...
US moves one step closer to letting the Boeing 737 Max fly
Federal safety regulators are moving closer to letting the grounded Boeing 737 Max fly again with changes that Boeing made to the plane after two deadly crashes. The Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday that “in the near future” it will issue
Health official revokes U.S. travel exemption for Irving Shipbuilding in Halifax
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's top health official has revoked a special exemption for workers at Halifax-based Irving Shipbuilding that allowed them to travel to and from the United States during the pandemic. Dr. Robert Strang, chief medical ...
Politics, pandemics and Russian aluminum: why Canada faces fresh U.S. tariffs
WASHINGTON — Why the United States chose to taint the debut of North America's celebrated new trade deal by threatening fresh tariffs against Canadian aluminum, only President Donald Trump and trade emissary Robert Lighthizer c...
Lighthizer celebrates USMCA, promises enforcement as trade deal comes into force
WASHINGTON — North America's new trade agreement finally became the law of the land Wednesday, complete with a celebratory warning from the Trump administration that the United States intends to make sure Canada ...