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RBI legal action raises stakes in war with some Canadian Tim Hortons franchisees
The franchisees, who formed an association in March claiming parent company RBI was overstepping, were accused of leaking confidential information
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Worker killed by truck at Amazon warehouse
A 28-year-old man was run over by a truck at Amazon’s facility in Boiling Springs, Pa., while he was was trying to help a truck driver hook up a trailer
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GM to lay off 255 union workers at St. Catharines, Ont. transmission plant
The layoffs stem from the strike at GM’s Cami plant, and a union official says the St. Catharines workers will be out for at least a week. GM has also made “production adjustments” at two pants in the U.S.
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Canadian developer Northland wraps up construction at new North Sea wind farm
The Toronto-based company expects to bring the 332 megawatt offshore wind farm fully online by the end of the year
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North American auto sector success fueled by NAFTA, says Scotiabank
According to the bank’s global auto report, North America’s auto sector is one of the most competitive in the world, and has allowed member countries to add to production at home, create jobs and gain market share abroad
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Canada expected to lead G7 in economic growth, says OECD
The Paris-based economic think tank raised its outlook for growth in the Canadian economy to 3.2 per cent this year compared with a June forecast for 2.8 per cent
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NAFTA deal by end of 2017 looks impossible, say trade experts
Experts and stakeholders who’ve been following the negotiations closely say they’ve seen no progress on even the simple things where all three countries should be in agreement
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Google buys HTC’s Pixel smartphone engineering team for US$1.1B in cash
The deal underscores how serious Google is about designing its own family of devices to compete against Apple and Amazon in a high-stakes battle to become the technological hub of people’s lives
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CETA: Canada-EU trade agreement enters into force today
More than 98 per cent of Canadian goods will now be able to enter the EU without tariffs, which the federal government says will improve export opportunities for a range of Canadian producers, processors and manufacturers
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Ontario authorities raid Volkswagen Canada offices
The Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change charged Volkswagen AG with one count under the province’s Environmental Protection Act as part of a years-old emissions scandal