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Ford’s 2018 Super Duty King Ranch Crew Cab pickup. (Ford.com)

Ford scrambles to restart truck production after fire at supplier

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Detroit | Reuters — Ford Motor Co. is working with a key supplier to shift some parts production from Michigan to Ontario, after a fire and subsequent parts shortages forced the automaker to halt manufacturing of its highly profitable full-size pickups, according to sources familiar with the companies’ plans. The supplier, Chinese-owned Meridian Magnesium Products,
Ford expects its 3.0-litre Power Stroke diesel engine to provide drivers with highway fuel efficiency of 30 miles per gallon on its 2018 F-150 diesel pickup. (Ford.ca)

Ford to launch diesel truck to grab fuel economy edge

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Detroit | Reuters — Ford Motor Co. plans this spring to offer a diesel engine version of its best-selling F-150 pickup truck, looking to gain a marketing edge as its main rivals ramp up more efficient pickups of their own. Ford executives said they expect the F-150 diesel model with a 10-speed transmission to achieve
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Ford recalls F-250s that could roll while in park

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New York | Reuters — Ford Motor Co. is recalling about 52,600 F-250 pickup trucks sold in the U.S. and Canada because the vehicles could roll after the driver moves the automatic transmission lever into park position, the company said on Saturday. The recall, the third announced by Ford this week, affects 2017 model year
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Original Versatile 4-WDs on display at Austin museum

While the name Versatile is usually associated with four-wheel-drive tractors, Versatile began by manufacturing augers and sprayers then harrow bars. After the company moved from Toronto to Winnipeg to cut shipping costs to its Prairie customers, Versatile moved into the production of swathers and combines. In 1966, Versatile designed an articulated four-wheel-drive tractor and put
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OUR HISTORY: May Day parade, 1912

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In 1912, approximately 6,200 horses still travelled the streets of Winnipeg. While they were quickly being replaced by automobiles and trucks (chiefly built by McGlaughlin or Ford), they were still used for fire engines, milk delivery, beer delivery and mostly for short hauling of freight to and from the rail yards. The picture shows the
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Manitoba a biocomposites world leader?

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Composites Innovation Centre official says researchers close to finding way to create super-strong composites from flax and hemp fibres

Manitoba researchers believe they are on the brink of game-changing breakthrough that could thrust the province — and its farmers — into the forefront of the multibillion-dollar composites materials industry. “Manitoba has a real opportunity to be a global biomaterial centre,” said Simon Potter, sector manager for product innovations at the Composites Innovation Centre (CIC)
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Grain World: High- quality Canadian wheat grades questioned

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Canadian wheat exports are known for their quality internationally, but the country may be able to sell more grain and receive better returns by growing different classes of wheat or adjusting current grading standards, said presenters at the Wild Oats Grain World conference in Winnipeg, Feb. 27. Lawrence Yakielashek, president of Alfred C. Toepfer (Canada)
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Truckin’ Around In A New Ford F150 EcoBoost

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There are lots of people around for whom that new truck smell is nothing remarkable. After all, trucks are not only a fact of rural life, they are for many, a necessary all-purpose vehicle. You don’t see many farmyards across this province that don’t have at least one light-duty truck parked in the driveway. Compare
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Rogers/MTS Shared Tower Goes Live March 31

Rural residents frustrated with turtle-slow dial-up Internet service may have some new options by March 31. That’s because Netco, a new joint venture between competing telecom giants Rogers and MTS, will flip the switch province-wide on a new service called HSPA+, which stands for High Speed Packet Access. Months in the making, the tower-shar ing
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In Brief… – for Feb. 17, 2011

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Biodiesel mandate:Canadian canola growers are pleased by a federal announcement Feb. 10 to mandate biodiesel in diesel fuel starting July 1. “A two per cent renewable fuel mandate for diesel fuel has the potential to create new domestic demand for about one million tonnes of canola,” says Ed Schafer, president of the Canadian Canola Growers

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