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Rail workers fought back Friday against the federal government’s move to get them back on the job, with a fresh strike notice and a regulatory challenge making it unclear when most freight traffic will resume.
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Teamsters challenge minister’s move to resume rail service as shutdown drags on

Thousands of Canadian commuters may have to change their travel plans for a second day after a countrywide rail lockout shut down lines in major metropolitan areas.
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Disruptions to major commuter lines continue as CN, CPKC await word on arbitration

Thousands of Canadian commuters were forced to find alternatives to their destinations for a second day on Friday as a labour dispute at two of Canada’s major railways continued to disrupt some train services in three major cities.
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Disruptions to major commuter lines continue amid railway labour dispute

At a packed investor day in Dearborn, Michigan, last year, Ford Motor F.N executives lauded their forthcoming three-row electric SUV, which they said would be rolling off assembly lines in 2025.
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Why Ford’s three-row electric ‘personal bullet train’ SUV went off the rails

Nepal’s government decided Thursday to lift the ban it imposed on the video-sharing app TikTok last November for disrupting ‘social harmony.’
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Nepal lifts its ban on TikTok imposed for disrupting social harmony

Air Canada pilots have voted overwhelmingly to approve a strike mandate, putting them in a position to walk off the job as early as Sept. 17.
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Air Canada pilots authorize strike for as soon as next month

Morgan Stanley Executive Chairman James Gorman will lead Disney’s search for a successor to Bob Iger, two years after the company’s longtime leader came out of retirement following a rocky transition to his hand-picked replacement.
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Disney names Gorman to chair its succession planning committee

Bewildered commuters were turned away from shuttered rail lines on Thursday as an unprecedented railway lockout upset travel plans for more than 30,000 daily riders in some of Canada’s largest cities.
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Rail work stoppage shuts down some Ontario, Quebec, B.C. commuter rail lines

Bargaining between workers and the country’s two largest railways is set to resume Thursday morning after breaking off shortly before midnight — a deadline that left workers locked out by Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Kansas City in their first-ever simultaneous work stoppage.
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Rail companies, union resume talks as lockout shuts down both major railways

A Toronto woman who hired a roofing company to inspect her eavestroughs said she couldn’t believe her roof was in such terrible condition that it needed repairs that would cost more than $57,000.
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Toronto woman billed ,000 for roof repair, company says it mistakenly overcharged