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The St Lawrence Seaway is expected to be shut this weekend after a Canadian union almost unanimously voted to strike, effectively cutting off the agricultural hinterland of Canada and the northern exporting region of the US Great Lakes from the Atlantic deepsea shipping.

Members of the UNIFOR union this week served notice to the St Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC), the body that manages the seaway, that it would launch action around lunchtime today – a protest at plans to introduce ...

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  • Jim

    October 31, 2014 at 9:29 pm

    “The MoorMaster system will have been installed at 23 terminals by the end of this year,”

    Why did this article end with a comma? Was it cut off, or was there a typo?

    • Gavin van Marle

      October 31, 2014 at 10:01 pm

      Good spot Jim. The gremlins ate the final clause of the sentence. Fancy a job as a subeditor?