April 29, 2021 · 0 Comments
By Brian Lockhart
GM Canada switched gears to help the pandemic effort over the past year by producing 10 million face masks at cost for the Public Health Agency of Canada.
The masks were produced at the company’s Oshawa Operations plant and they completed the production run on April 8.
The plant produced approximately 1 million masks per month to help protect front-line workers and Canadians during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The company issued a statement saying, “This past year hasn’t been easy, but so many of you stepped up to help by donating gloves, hand sanitizers, and masks to our collection depots across Canada, offered vehicles to local restaurants to help keep their doors open, running prescriptions and groceries to senior in-need, and by donating to foodbanks, shelters and community services.”
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LANSING - Mac s Bar, a downtown staple and venue that s hosted performances by big-name musicians including Macklemore and Chance the Rapper, won t host any more concerts.
The news comes as a permanently closed listing on the bar s Facebook page caused speculation that the business had closed its doors for good.
By Wednesday afternoon, the bar s Facebook page listing had changed again to temporarily closed. Scott Bell, the bar s talent buyer for more than a decade, said owner Chuck Mannino informed him this week that the business won t continue as a music venue. He’s been hinting at it for a while, said Bell, who s been booking musicians to play at Mac s Bar since he was 19.
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General Motors Canada produced 10 million face masks at cost for the Public Health Agency of Canada.
Since the start of production on May 26, 2020, the team at Oshawa Operations has produced approximately one million masks a month.
“We want to thank the Government of Canada, our suppliers, and our Unifor partners for their support in making this project possible,” said Scott Bell, President and Managing Director, GM Canada. “Although this milestone marks the end of our contract with Health Canada, GM will leverage the speed and agility of our pandemic response to continue supporting our customers and communities.”
GM hits final mask milestone
Automaker produces 10 million face masks for federal government in fight against COVID-19
Posted on April 13, 2021 by oshawaexpress in COVID-19, FEDERAL, NEWS
Employees from GM’s Oshawa Operations sign the 10 millionth mask milestone banner, after producing nearly one million masks per month since the mask line officially launched in May 2020. GM Canada has now fulfilled its commitment to the Government of Canada to produce 10 million face masks at cost for the Public Health Agency of Canada (photo credit: Ann Power).
GM Canada has completed a major milestone producing 10 million face masks for the Government of Canada to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
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General Motors Canada and Unifor have agreed to a new tentative agreement that will see vehicle production return at Oshawa Assembly.
Under the new agreement, which has yet to be ratified by Unifor members, GM Canada will invest $1 billion-$1.3 billion CAD in the Oshawa Assembly plant to begin manufacturing pickup trucks at the facility. GM Canada did not say which of its pickup truck models would be built at Oshawa Assembly. The plant previously handled the final assembly of the GM K2XX-based Chevrolet Silverado 1500 and GMC Sierra 1500 for local Canadian consumption.
In addition, GM Canada will also invest $109 million CAD in its St. Catharines propulsion plant to “support added engine and transmission production,” the automaker said, along with $500,000 in its Woodstock Parts Distribution Centre to support continued operations at the facility. Unifor had previously expressed a desire to obtain new future production for St. Catharines to replace the six-speed