In this edition:
- What to know as Stellantis moves some auto jobs to the U.S. from Canada
- Ontario colleges reach tentative agreement with full-time support staff
- Lincoln seeks local businesses to become Tree Champions
- Goodman to hold symposium on Global Trade in Transition
- Cogeco rolls mobile service out to 350 new municipalities, including Niagara
- Manufacturing, wholesale, and car sales see late-summer dip
- Salesforce, Stripe, and OpenAI partner to power instant checkout
- Focus on Climate
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What to know as Stellantis moves some auto jobs to the U.S. from Canada
Stellantis announced on Tuesday plans to move some production out of Brampton, Ont., to the United States, a move union leaders say is sacrificing Canadian jobs “on the Trump altar.”
The news comes amid the ongoing trade war, with U.S. tariff policies imposed by President Donald Trump directly impacting Canada’s manufacturing sector — especially for automotive assembly and parts manufacturing.
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Ontario colleges reach tentative agreement with full-time support staff
Ontario colleges and full-time support staff have reached a tentative agreement, ending a five-week strike at Ontario’s 24 colleges.
A weekend-long private mediation session with Mediator William Kaplan broke a bargaining impasse, leading to a tentative settlement between the College Employer Council (CEC), representing Ontario colleges, and the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU), representing the 10,000 striking employees.
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Lincoln seeks local businesses to become Tree Champions
To support its goal of planting 1,200 trees in 2025, businesses that participate in Lincoln’s tree planting program will be celebrated as “Tree Champions” on the Town of Lincoln website.
As part of this effort, the Town of Lincoln is hosting a Tree Sale for local Lincoln Businesses. Trees cost $10.00 + tax and must be purchased in advance. Orders close on October 23 or when trees sell out.
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Goodman to hold symposium on Global Trade in Transition
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Cogeco rolls mobile service out to 350 new municipalities, including Niagara
Cogeco Communications announced today a significant rollout of its mobile service, now offering mobility to the majority of its customers across Québec and Ontario in municipalities such as Niagara, Drummondville, Hamilton, Kingston, Shawinigan, Windsor and Burlington.
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Manufacturing, wholesale, and car sales see late-summer dip
Total manufacturing sales fell 1.0% to $69.4 billion in August, on lower sales in 12 of the 21 subsectors, led by the transportation equipment (-5.7%) and food (-1.9%) subsectors. Wholesale sales (excluding petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons and excluding oilseed and grain) also declined 1.2% to $85.4 billion in August.
There were 167,017 new motor vehicles sold in Canada in August, increasing 0.5% from August 2024. In dollar terms, sales decreased 1.7% in August 2025.
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Salesforce, Stripe, and OpenAI partner to power instant checkout
Salesforce has announced a strategic partnership with Stripe and OpenAI to launch an Instant Checkout integration built on the new Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP). The collaboration, unveiled today, will redefine how merchants engage with customers by leveraging conversational AI to streamline the path to purchase and create intelligent, frictionless shopping experiences.
Focus on Climate
Carney faces pressure from all sides on EV mandate as sales plummet
Gabriel Friedman, Financial Post
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