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BusinessTechnology

Shopify Rally Continues After Sales, Outlook Beat Estimates

Shopify Inc. shares continued their rally Aug. 1 after the Canadian e-commerce company reported second-quarter sales that beat analysts’ average estimate and gave a more optimistic full-year outlook.

August 1, 2019
GovernmentBusinessFuel

Canadian Oil Firms Offer to Ship by Rail if Output Limits Ease

Canada’s oil-sands producers are offering to commit to shipping a certain amount of their crude by rail in return for the Alberta government raising its production limits.

July 9, 2019
BusinessLogistics

Purolator to Spend $759 Million for Faster Deliveries in Canada

Courier company Purolator Inc. will invest more than C$1 billion over the next five years to build a shipping hub in Toronto, upgrade its fleet and enhance its retail network in Canada to reach more customers.

June 25, 2019
GovernmentBusinessTechnologySafety

Canada Announces Final ELD Mandate to Take Effect in 2021

The Canadian federal government has unveiled its long-awaited electronic logging device mandate, which will take effect in two years.

June 13, 2019
BusinessLogistics

CN Rail Open to Moving Alberta’s Oil-Shipping Deals to Drillers

Canadian National Railway Co. is open to transferring the crude-by-rail contracts that it signed with Alberta to private companies or to striking other arrangements that put its spare shipping capacity to use, CEO Jean-Jacques Ruest said.

May 9, 2019
GovernmentBusiness

Canada Won’t Ratify USMCA Trade Deal if Metals Tariffs Are in Place

Canada is ratcheting up pressure on the U.S. to lift tariffs on steel and aluminum — threatening to hold up the new continental trade deal and change up its own retaliatory tariffs to have a bigger impact.

April 5, 2019
GovernmentBusinessFuel

Canadian Oil Rally May Falter Amid Pipeline Delay, Deloitte Says

The stubborn, sharp rise in Canadian heavy crude prices finally may falter later this year, when swelling output overwhelms a pipeline system that will be lacking a key project producers had counted on, according to Deloitte.

April 3, 2019
BusinessLogistics

Fiat Cuts 1,500 Jobs as Canada Plant Reduces Minivan Output

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV is cutting about 1,500 jobs at a factory in Canada that’s scaling back production due to slowing minivan sales.

March 29, 2019
GovernmentBusinessLogistics

Canada Factories Halt Slide With Strongest Gain in Seven Months

Canadian manufacturers began 2019 with their strongest sales gain in seven months, bringing an end to a string of bad reports.

March 15, 2019
BusinessFuel

Canadian Oil Industry Takes Fresh Hit With Key Pipeline Delay

Canada’s already beaten-down oil industry is facing a fresh setback as regulatory issues bog down another key pipeline project.

March 4, 2019