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Advisory firms recommend Ritchie Bros. shareholders vote against IAA deal

Advisory firms recommend Ritchie Bros. shareholders vote against IAA deal

VANCOUVER — A report by Institutional Shareholder Services recommends shareholders of Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Inc. vote against the company's deal to buy automotive salvage company IAA Inc.
Review: Novel 'Ruthy Ramirez’ flips true crime on its head

Review: Novel 'Ruthy Ramirez’ flips true crime on its head

“What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez” by Claire Jimenez (Grand Central) If true crime is your guilty pleasure, you absolutely must find out what happened to Ruthy Ramirez.

Scout Motors picks South Carolina for new $2B EV plant

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A Volkswagen Group-backed automotive company announced plans this week to open a $2 billion electric truck and SUV manufacturing plant just outside of Columbia, South Carolina. Scout Motors Inc.
Global race to boost electric vehicle range in cold weather

Global race to boost electric vehicle range in cold weather

TOK, Alaska (AP) — Alaska’s rugged and frigid interior, where it can get as cold as minus 50 Fahrenheit (minus 46 Celsius), is not the place you’d expect to find an electric school bus. But here is Bus No.
A decade under Maduro, migration marks Venezuelans’ lives

A decade under Maduro, migration marks Venezuelans’ lives

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Few Venezuelans have not had their lives touched by migration over the last decade, when more than 7 million people left the country amid a political, economic and humanitarian crisis that has lasted the entirety of Presiden
Ford to raise production as US auto sales start to recover

Ford to raise production as US auto sales start to recover

DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Ford will increase production of six models this year, half of them electric, as the company and the auto industry start to rebound from sluggish U.S. sales in 2022 .
Long-lost ship found in Lake Huron, confirming tragic story

Long-lost ship found in Lake Huron, confirming tragic story

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Even for the Thunder Bay area, a perilous swath of northern Lake Huron off the Michigan coast that has devoured many a ship, the Ironton’s fate seems particularly cruel.
Martinrea International reports $46.2M Q4 profit, sales up more than 20%

Martinrea International reports $46.2M Q4 profit, sales up more than 20%

TORONTO — Martinrea International Inc. reported a profit of $46.2 million in its latest quarter compared with a loss of nearly $9.7 million a year ago as its revenue rose more than 20 per cent.
Need a Lenten fish fry? There’s an interactive map for that

Need a Lenten fish fry? There’s an interactive map for that

WEXFORD, Pa. (AP) — By the time the doors open at 4:30 p.m., a boisterous line of 50 hungry people is looping around the gymnasium foyer at Blessed Francis Seelos Academy.
Micro mobility revolution races ahead, as policymakers and police try to keep up

Micro mobility revolution races ahead, as policymakers and police try to keep up

VANCOUVER — Since Gabriel Kwok started riding an electric unicycle on Vancouver's streets nine months ago, he estimates he's logged about 2,000 kilometres on the briefcase-sized vehicle.