In this edition:
- Canada Post operations shut down as 55,000 postal workers go on strike
- McDonald’s owner happy to join Thorold’s ‘proud’ business community
- Niagara Investment Castings returning to full capacity as post-fire rebuilding wraps up
- Big changes next week for GO Train riders in Niagara
- Montreal port operations to resume Saturday after lockout of longshore workers ended
- Petroleum, coal, and aerospace declines lead to net manufacturing sales dip
- Focus on Human Resources
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Canada Post operations shut down as 55,000 postal workers go on strike
Some 55,000 postal workers represented by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) went on a nationwide strike on Friday, November 15 at 12:01am ET.
“Canada Post had the opportunity to prevent this strike, but it has refused to negotiate real solutions to the issues postal workers face every day,” said a CUPW statement.
Mail and parcels won’t be processed or delivered and no new items will be accepted until the strike is over, according to Canada Post.
Some post offices are closed. Visit the Canada Post website or call ahead to find out which ones are open.
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McDonald’s owner happy to join Thorold’s ‘proud’ business community
It all started with a visit to an empty lot on Pine Street during the COVID-19 pandemic, when Edwin Infante first thought the land might be a good spot for a McDonald’s restaurant.
“It was empty. There was nothing,” Infante told ThoroldToday. “It seemed like a good fit to set up the McDonald’s here.”
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Niagara Investment Castings returning to full capacity as post-fire rebuilding wraps up
It has been a long, drawn-out process, but the task of rebuilding a St. Catharines manufacturing facility after a devastating 2023 fire is nearly complete.
And, more importantly, it is getting back to operating at full capacity.
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Big changes next week for GO Train riders in Niagara
On Monday and Tuesday (Nov 18,19) there will be no Lakeshore West train service at Niagara Falls and St. Catharines GO stations as the 100-year-old St. Paul Street West Bridge, which sits over an active Canadian National Railway corridor, is being taken down.
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Montreal port operations to resume Saturday after lockout of longshore workers ended
Management at the Port of Montreal says operations are set to resume Saturday after being disrupted by a labour dispute.
The port authority has confirmed that the Canada Industrial Relations Board has ordered operations to resume as of 7 a.m.
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Petroleum, coal, and aerospace declines lead to net manufacturing sales dip
Manufacturing sales decreased 0.5% to $69.1 billion in September, Statistics Canada reported today, marking the second consecutive monthly decline for the sector.
The decline was mainly due to lower sales of petroleum and coal products (-7.5%) and lower production of aerospace products and parts (-4.2%). Excluding petroleum and coal, total manufacturing sales were up 0.4% in September.
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