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  • UAW reaches deal with General Motors that ends strikes against Detroit automakers pending votes

    October 30, 2023 - 4:47 PM

    DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers announced Monday that it reached a tentative deal with General Motors, capping a whirlwind few days in which GM, Ford and Stellantis agreed to generous terms that would end the union's six weeks of targeted strikes, pending approval of the rank and file.

  • US adds a healthy 236,000 jobs despite Fed's rate hikes

    April 07, 2023 - 8:57 AM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers added a solid 236,000 jobs in March, suggesting that the economy remains on solid footing despite the nine interest rate hikes the Federal Reserve has imposed over the past year in its drive to tame inflation.

  • Montreal 'smart factory' aims to demonstrate potential of warehouse automation

    January 26, 2023 - 2:00 AM

    MONTREAL - As a robotic arm at a Montreal demonstration facility attempts to pick up a small box, it senses that it doesn't have a good grip, puts the package down, adjusts and tries again.

  • Made-in-Canada cleaning robots increasingly visible amid pandemic

    September 22, 2021 - 10:54 AM

    HALIFAX - Canadians venturing out into commercial spaces for the first time since the pandemic began may spot some made-in-Canada technology whizzing around, keeping the high-traffic floors squeaky clean.

  • Long-haul carrier Emirates to ship aid for free into India

    May 09, 2021 - 3:10 AM

    DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Dubai's long-haul carrier Emirates will begin shipping aid from the World Health Organization and other groups into India for free to help fight a crushing outbreak of the coronavirus, the airline said Sunday.

  • Help heads to NYC as experts predict over 100,000 US deaths

    March 31, 2020 - 8:41 PM

    NEW YORK - With refrigerated morgue trucks parked on New York City's streets to collect the surging number of dead, public health officials projected Tuesday that the coronavirus could ultimately kill more than 100,000 people across the U.S. Some states that have become hot spots warn they're running low on ventilators, while two cruise ships pleaded for Florida to allow them to dock to carry off the sick and dead.

  • Auto union strike is latest worry in Flint, GM's birthplace

    September 20, 2019 - 2:28 PM

    FLINT, Mich. - The birthplace of General Motors has been on an economic roller-coaster ride for more than a century as the automaker rose, crashed and retooled for changing markets. Now, the city of Flint is again steeling for economic impact amid a nationwide United Auto Workers' strike against the automaker.

  • Chinese firm Weichai Power to acquire stake in Ballard Power Systems

    August 29, 2018 - 9:12 AM

    VANCOUVER - Fuel cell company Ballard Power Systems Inc. is set to receive a cash injection of more than $175 million in what it calls a "transformative strategic collaboration" with a Chinese automotive and equipment manufacturer.

  • A community that backed Trump says no to migrant detention

    July 30, 2018 - 10:37 AM

    GOSHEN, Ind. - The sermon had been preached, the last prayers offered. Now, Mike Yoder decided, the time had come to share unsettling news.

  • AP Investigation: Fish billed as local isn't always local

    June 14, 2018 - 6:12 AM

    MONTAUK, N.Y. - Even after winter storms left East Coast harbours thick with ice, some of the country's top chefs and trendy restaurants were offering sushi-grade tuna supposedly pulled in fresh off the coast of New York.
  • iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
    Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of April 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability.  Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjo
  • Discharge coming from the Sandher Fruit Packer plant. Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
    A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

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