Industrial heartland faces tough slog as locomotive plant closure hits

OTTAWA - The closure of a locomotive plant in London, Ont., by U.S. heavy equipment maker Caterpillar comes as the latest blow to Canada's struggling manufacturing sector.

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Electro-Motive workers picket outside the London, Ont. Caterpillar-owned plant on Friday Feb. 3, 2012. American-based heavy equipment maker Caterpillar is closing its locomotive plant in London, Ont., after failing to win a labour agreement with the factory's 450 workers. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mark Spowart

Caterpillar shuts Electro-Motive plant in London, Ont., where workers locked out

TORONTO - The Canadian Auto Workers said it was not surprised by word Friday that American-based hea...

Harper unlikely to change budget course despite meeting on NDP priorities

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper is seeking opposition input into the next federal budget, eve...

Skier killed after being caught in avalanche in B.C.'s West Kootenay

KASLO, B.C. - An avalanche in British Columbia's West Kootenay region has claimed the life of a skie...

Court finds notorious B.C. brother and associate guilty of cocaine conspiracy

VANCOUVER - One of three brothers among a notorious family with reputed links to Vancouver's gang wo...

Jury in Tori Stafford murder trial will visit site where body found, judge says

LONDON, Ont. - The jury in the trial of a man accused of killing eight-year-old Victoria Stafford wi...

The National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg is shown in a Tuesday, May 19, 2009 photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods

Canada says any research on lab-made bird flu must be done in top biosecurity

TORONTO - If Canadian scientists want to conduct research on H5N1 flu viruses modified to enhance th...

Increased monitoring in oilsands, but no independent agency for now

EDMONTON - A long-awaited program from the federal and Alberta governments on how to gauge the envir...

Rogers Communications will end practice of slowing Internet upload speeds

TORONTO - Rogers Communications Inc. (TSX:RCI.B) has vowed to phase out the practice of slowing some...

Quebec government demands $1.9 million back from company set to close plant

MONTREAL - The Quebec government's investment arm wants its $1.9 million back from a company prepari...

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