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Nova Scotia Power given $1.25-million fine for failing to meet performance standards

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Power is being fined for the third time in four years for failing to meet annual performance targets for the...

One less flush: Calgary mayor appeals to cut water use as repairs enter second half

CALGARY — Calgary's mayor says every skipped toilet flush over the next two weeks will matter as repairs on a troubled water main near...

Canada’s Unifor, GM start contract talks for CAMI assembly plant

(Reuters) - General Motors and Unifor have begun collective bargaining for workers at the automaker's CAMI Assembly plant in Ontario, the Canadian labour union...

Pembina Gas Infrastructure signs $400M deal to buy midstream assets from Veren

CALGARY — Pembina Gas Infrastructure Inc. has signed a deal to buy a group of infrastructure assets from Veren Inc. for $400 million.Under the...

US SEC approves new audit quality benchmarks over Republican objections

(Reuters) - Wall Street's top regulator on Monday gave the nod to new accounting standards set by a watchdog agency, part of an effort...

S&P/TSX composite up more than 200 points, U.S. stock markets also higher

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index was up more than 200 points in late-morning trading amid a broad-based rally on the Toronto market, while...

Battery-powered devices are overheating more often on planes and raising alarm

Devices powered by lithium-ion batteries are overheating more often during airline flights and passengers often put them in checked bags that go into the...

Google faces new antitrust trial after ruling declaring search engine a monopoly

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — One month after a judge declared Google's search engine an illegal monopoly, the tech giant faces another antitrust lawsuit that...

Argentina inflation seen at 31-month low of 3.9% in August

By Hernan NessiBUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's monthly inflation rate is expected to have edged down to 3.9% in August, a Reuters poll of...

US seeks new pedestrian safety rules aimed at increasingly massive SUVs and pickup trucks

DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government's road safety agency wants the auto industry to design new vehicles including i ncreasingly large SUVs and pickup...

US investigating reports that some Jeep SUVs and pickups can catch fire after engines are turned off

U.S. auto safety regulators are investigating reports that the engines can catch fire on some Jeep SUVs and pickup trucks even with the ignition...

Methanex buying OCI Global’s international methanol business in US$2.05B deal

VANCOUVER — Methanex Corp. has signed a deal to buy OCI Global's international methanol business in an agreement valued at US$2.05 billion, including assumed...

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