Factory

• American swimming pool manufacturer opens first factory in Canada

  Latham Pools' first swimming pool manufacturing factory in Canada aims to bring over 100 jobs to the township of Loyalist

  Canada

  May 25, 2023
  
• Workplace safety board says scaffold design led to two deaths at Quebec paper mill

  In a report released Wednesday, the board says an engineer, who is not named in the report, underestimated the load capacity of the scaffold by more than 25 per cent.

  Canada

  Sep 28, 2022
  
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• Quebec caught between reducing arsenic emissions from factory and preserving 650 jobs

  Quebec public health says between one and 14 residents living in Rouyn-Noranda, Que., could develop cancer by the year 2060 if the factory doesn't reduce its arsenic emissions.

  Canada

  Jul 6, 2022
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• Nestlé Canada shutting down food service plant in Trenton, Ont.

  Nestlé Canada has announced it will be shutting down its food service plant in Trenton, Ont. completely by mid-2022 and moving operations to the United States.

  Canada

  Jul 16, 2021
• Wire theft in Mexico triggers at least 70 layoffs at Quebec factory, more possible

  French rail manufacturer Alstom confirmed Friday that 70 of its employees will be laid off for at least six months.

  Crime

  Apr 3, 2021
• Nova Scotia company that retooled factory to make medical gowns loses new tender

  All nine of the successful bidders on a new request for proposals for medical gowns are in Canada's three most populated provinces: Ontario, Quebec and B.C.

  Consumer

  Mar 4, 2021
• Eastern Ontario vying for large-scale manufacturers in provincewide ‘contest’

  Ten municipalities in Ontario are in the running to be on the shortlist for big manufacturers, and five of those communities are in eastern Ontario.

  Economy

  Feb 4, 2021
• Feds provide $1.13M to Kawartha Controls hydraulic manifolds manufacturer in Omemee, Ont.

  Kawartha Controls specializes in designing and manufacturing hydraulic manifolds used in construction, farm equipment and power generation.

  Canada

  Jan 29, 2021
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• Maple Leaf Foods planning $660M, 1,500-job poultry-processing facility in London

  The company says it plans to construct a 640,000 square-foot poultry-processing facility in the city at a cost of $660 million.

  Economy

  Nov 26, 2018
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• Cause under investigation in fire on roof of former McCormick factory

  More than 20 firefighters responded to the scene on Dundas Street around 3:10 p.m., following a call from the member of the public.

  Nov 20, 2018