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Testing, sick leave, enforcement needed to slow workplace spread in Ontario: experts
As Ontario struggles to beat back a dire wave of COVID-19, workplace spread has been singled out by public health experts, mayors and top health officials as a major source of infections.
Shareholders give OK to West Fraser deal to buy Norbord, consolidating wood sector
The combined company will operate as West Fraser with headquarters in Vancouver and a regional office in Toronto, with West Fraser shareholders owning 56 per cent of the company, and Norbord shareholders owning about 44 per cent.
Province to spend $6M on winter roads
The money will be shared among 31 remote First Nation communities and the Town of Moosonee, and will be used to support nearly 3,200 kilometres of temporary snow and ice roads for the 2020–21 winter season.
Hydro One buys 21.5 acres of land in Orillia
The utility will use the property to build a new regional operations centre and provincial warehouse. The project is in addition to work on a $150-million grid control centre.
Unifor approves $1 billion General Motors deal to build electric vans in Ontario
The union’s 1,900 Local 88 members voted online Sunday on a tentative deal with the automaker to transform GM’s CAMI plant in Ingersoll, Ont., into a hub for producing electric commercial delivery vans.