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CP’s engineers, conductors on strike

Feb. 15, 2015 at 11:14 am CST

Engineers, conductors, trainmen and yardmen for Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) are on strike after 11th-hour talks ended Saturday night without a new agreement. “Picket lines are now being set up across Canada and the rail shutdown is happening,” Doug Finnson, president of the workers’ union, the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference […]

CN reaches tentative labour deal with engineers

Feb. 14, 2015 at 9:42 pm CST

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New BSE case halts progress on ‘negligible risk’

Feb. 13, 2015 at 9:49 am CST

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A+W’s ‘better ingredients’ device yields improved sales

Feb. 12, 2015 at 7:11 pm CST

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Another union serves CP with strike notice

Feb. 12, 2015 at 12:48 pm CST

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Walmart to boost fresh food handle in Canada

Feb. 11, 2015 at 7:17 pm CST

The Canadian arm of U.S. retail giant Walmart has earmarked about $340 million to build 29 new retail and grocery supercentres and to expand its distribution networks for fresh food and online shopping. The company on Wednesday announced it will spend about $230 million in fiscal 2015 (ending Jan. 31, […]

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CP conductors, engineers serve strike notice

Feb. 10, 2015 at 6:46 pm CST

Unionized engineers and conductors on Canadian Pacific Railway’s (CP) trains have served formal notice they’ll strike Sunday, barring a negotiated deal with the company. The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC), which represents CP’s locomotive engineers, conductors, trainmen and yardmen, said Tuesday it’s notified CP that the affected workers will strike […]

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Strike vote passes for CP engineers, conductors

Feb. 9, 2015 at 7:59 pm CST

Canadian Pacific Railway’s unionized conductors and engineers have voted to give themselves a trump card in talks with the company for a new contract. Eligible employees voted 93 per cent in favour of strike action “if necessary” to reach a negotiated settlement with the company, according to their union, the […]

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BMR hardware chain joins Coop federee

Feb. 6, 2015 at 8:40 pm CST

Agrifood processor and ag retailer La Coop federee has moved from minority stakeholder to full owner of home reno and hardware retail chain Groupe BMR. Coop federee, Quebec’s biggest agrifood company, announced Thursday it exercised an option in its 2013 purchase of a minority position in BMR, buying the retailer’s […]

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Saputo names new Canadian dairy head

Feb. 6, 2015 at 7:58 pm CST

Canada’s biggest dairy processor has a new chief heading up its Canadian dairy division. Montreal-based Saputo Inc. announced Friday it named Carl Colizza, today the Canadian dairy division’s senior vice-president for strategic business development, as the division’s president and chief operating officer. Colizza, who’s worked for Saputo since 1998 and […]

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