GM to cut salaried workers, production, dividend July 15, 2008 DETROIT (AP) — General Motors Corp. said Tuesday it will lay off salaried workers, cut truck production, suspend its dividend and borrow $2 billion…
GM prepares for large cuts in North America. More bad news for Oshawa? July 14, 2008 General Motors (GM) is set to unveil additional measures on Tuesday to address the significant downturn in the North American vehicle market. The world’s…
Which Linux Distributions Are Dying? July 3, 2008 Like everything else, what goes up must come down. This must apply to Linux distributions too, right? So, what’s happening with Linux? Which distributions…
Canada puts brakes on electric vehicles June 23, 2008 Despite increasing local demand for zero-emissions cars and trucks and robust exports of electric vehicles, Canada will not allow them on its roads, lament…
Cito Gaston Back After Jays! Cito is back… June 21, 2008 If the Jays season were a movie, it might be called Back To The Future. Because one look at the bench and those people…
Residential Schools – The Hell in Canadian History June 11, 2008 One of the most acrimonious issues to result from the Treaty process is the dark legacy of the residential school system. The purpose of…
The end of GM Oshawa has begun? The time of the small car renaissance has come! June 3, 2008 General Motors says it will cease production at four factories in Ohio, Wisconsin, Canada and Mexico that produce trucks and SUVs. As General Motors…
Sheela Basrur, the cool voice of reason during 2003 SARS crisis, dead at 51 June 2, 2008 PREMIER DALTON MCGUINTY ON THE PASSING OF DR. SHEELA BASRUR “I was deeply saddened when I heard today of the passing of Dr. Sheela…
Fledgling party targets John Tory detractors – Reform Party? June 1, 2008 The fledgling Reform Party of Ontario is appealing to Progressive Conservatives disillusioned with party leader John Tory to join their right-wing ranks. In an…
Toddler finds way to really green solar with green plants May 30, 2008 Biosolar’s a toddler chronologically, just turned two years old in April. But they’re already publicly traded and they could stand tall in the expanding…