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Brookfield to sell controlling stake in NB forest products company

Blue Wolf Capital Partners, Atlas Holdings expect to take controlling interest in about three weeks

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Huge plastics blaze in Windsor, Ont. prompts state of emergency

Crews battled the blaze into the early evening on Tuesday at a plastics factory on the southwest corner of the city.

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United Technologies CEO optimistic about economy, airline industry

Louis Chenevert told analysts airline profitability looks better for 2013 than in recent years

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Carney praises Canada’s resilience in final speech as governor

Once again dismissed theory Canada beset with Dutch disease

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Automakers cancel summer shutdowns to meet renewed demand

After closing more than two dozen factories during the recession, U.S. automakers need to use their remaining capacity to its fullest

Fabrication News

Carney leaving Bank of Canada with country in a stronger position

But, he says Canada is less well-oriented to the sources of global growth; must focus on exports, business investment.

Distribution & Transportation News

Controversial trailer leads to award

Walmart Canada's Michael Buna spearheaded the supercube project

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Derailed train leaks 91,000 litres of oil in rural Saskatchewan

A total of 575 barrels hit the ground, said a Canadian Pacific Rail spokesman

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Death toll rises to 23 in blast at explosives plant in eastern China

10 still missing, 19 others injured by explosion at factory in Shandong province

Food Manufacturing News

Texas company to build 3-D food printer prototype

NASA has issued a grant to SMRC to build a 3-D food printing system prototype for long-distance space travel

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Canada faces shortage of NDT inspectors

More entry-level jobs needed to build workforce

Distribution & Transportation News

Investigation to determine if DND shipping containers are seaworthy

Soldiers sent to Afghanistan to perform inspections

Purchasing & Procurement News

Defence planners leery about F 35 operating costs before government reset

Planners concerned about maintenance costs a year after the government said they wanted the jet

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Regulatory costs a top concern for U.S. manufacturers: BDO study

Contentious business climate still ranks as top concern in the U.S.

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SME launches online engineering, manufacturing wiki

Knowledge Edge features thousands of technical papers, e-books and videos

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Business forced to pay much of the bill for Sochi Olympics build

State-controlled companies and tycoons will foot more than half of the bill, which now stands at $51 billion and makes the 2014 Winter Games by far the most expensive Olympics in history.

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Quebec SMEs continue to grow, but could invest more: report

56 per cent of firms in province experienced revenue growth of at least five per cent last year

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Chinese rice mills investigated following large scale contamination

The toxic metal cadmium is believed to have entered the rice from soil polluted with heavy metal

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Halifax transit system buying up to 80 New Flyer clean diesel buses

Contract includes firm order of 22 buses with options to purchase additional 58 from Winnipeg firm

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Premier’s response to budget demands eases election threat in Ontario

NDP "encouraged" by Kathleen Wynne's response to series of post-budget demands