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The Week in Canadian Press Releases: 10 Stories You Need to See

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11 months ago

May 23, 2025

A roundup of the most newsworthy press releases from Cision Distribution this week

TORONTO, May 23, 2025 /CNW/ – With thousands of press releases published each week, it can be difficult to keep up with everything on Cision. To help journalists and consumers stay on top of the week’s most newsworthy and popular releases, here’s a recap of some major stories from the week that shouldn’t be missed.

The list below includes the headline (with a link to the full text) and an excerpt from each story. Click on the press release headlines to access accompanying multimedia assets that are available for download.

Ceres Global Ag Corp. and Bartlett Grain Company enter into Definitive Arrangement Agreement for Ceres to be Acquired by Bartlett at a price of US$4.50 per Share
Ceres Global Ag Corp. (“Ceres” or the “Corporation”) (TSX:CRP) and 1001239530 Ontario Inc. (the “Purchaser”), a newly formed entity controlled by Bartlett Grain Company, LLC (“Bartlett”), part of the Savage family of companies focused on international agricultural merchandising and storage, are pleased to announce that they have entered into an arrangement agreement (the “Arrangement Agreement”) for Ceres to be acquired by Bartlett, via an all-cash transaction (the “Transaction”).MEG Energy Responds to Strathcona Resources Ltd.’s Announcement of an Intention to Make an Unsolicited Offer
MEG Energy Corp. (“MEG” or the “Corporation”) (TSX: MEG) acknowledges the announcement by Strathcona Resources Ltd. (“Strathcona“) that Strathcona intends to make an unsolicited offer to acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of MEG not already owned by Strathcona or its affiliates. The MEG Board of Directors (the “Board”) will consider and evaluate the Strathcona offer and related take-over bid circular, if and when received.MEC announces new Canadian ownership
The new investor group is led by Tim Gu, who brings a deep background in Canadian retail, manufacturing, and investment. Tim is Chairman of Unisync Corp. (TSX: UNI), a publicly traded Canadian uniform and workwear company, as well as an investor in Canadian heritage brands including Tilley and Roots. He founded and operates E.star International Inc, a Toronto-based apparel manufacturing facility established in 1999, which supports Canadian jobs and champions “Made in Canada” production — values that closely align with MEC’s heritage and mission.Weyerhaeuser to Sell Princeton, B.C., Lumber Mill to Gorman Group
Weyerhaeuser Company (NYSE: WY) today announced it has reached an agreement to sell its lumber mill in Princeton, British Columbia, to the Gorman Group, owners of Gorman Bros. Lumber Ltd., a family-owned wood products manufacturer headquartered in West Kelowna, B.C. The purchase price is approximately $120 million CAD in cash, which includes Weyerhaeuser’s manufacturing facility, all associated timber license assets in British Columbia and the value of working capital, which will be subject to customary purchase price adjustments at closing.WSIB to continue to provide services and support during labour disruption
“Our number one concern is helping the people who depend on us for support,” said Jeffery Lang, WSIB President and CEO. “We are focused on making sure income support continues for people as they recover from an injury or illness. The WSIB is here to help.” ”We’re proud that WSIB employees are well compensated in both benefits and wages. We want them to continue to be paid well for the work that they do,” added Lang. “We are ready to reach an agreement that is fair for our employees and focused on delivering better, easier, and faster service to the people who need us.” OPSEU/SEFPO and CUPE Ontario workers picket Conservative MPP offices demanding a ‘piece of the pie’ in Ontario’s budget
As Members of Provincial Parliament return home for constituency week, Conservative MPPs are being met by daily protests and pickets. Frustrated by years of underfunding that was exacerbated by Doug Ford’s wage supressing Bill 124, a coalition of OPSEU/SEFPO and CUPE workers are demanding a piece of the provincial pie in the form of more funding to provide a critical lifeline for the frontline community services they provide and justice for stolen wages.Canada Post receives strike notices from CUPW
Canada Post has received strike notices from the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW), for both Urban and RSMC (Rural and Suburban Mail Carriers) bargaining units. The notices indicate that CUPW intends to begin strike activity on Friday, May 23 at 12:00 am local time. The potential for another strike comes at a critical moment for the postal system. Since 2018, the Corporation has recorded more than $3 billion in losses before tax, and it will post another significant loss for 2024. In early 2025, the Government of Canada announced repayable funding of up to $1.034 billion for Canada Post to prevent insolvency.Ciao, Napoli! Air Canada Inaugurates Flights to the Gateway of the Amalfi Coast
“We are thrilled to inaugurate new, non-stop service between Canada and Naples, a scenic new destination in Air Canada’s global network and our fourth in the Italian market. With the beauty of the Amalfi Coast or the ruins of Pompeii not far away, this new service from our growing Transatlantic hub in Montréal will make it even easier for our customers to explore all that Naples and Southern Italy has to offer. This new route not only unites two great cities, but also further connects two great countries,” said Mark Galardo, Executive Vice President & Chief Commercial Officer and President, Cargo.Evolve Announces May 2025 Distributions for Certain Evolve Funds
The ex-dividend date and record date for the Distributions of the High Interest Savings Account Fund (“HISA”), US High Interest Savings Account Fund (“HISU.U”), Premium Cash Management Fund (“MCAD”) and US Premium Cash Management Fund (“MUSD.U”) is anticipated to be May 28, 2025. For the distributions for all other Evolve Funds, the ex-dividend date and record date is anticipated to be May 30, 2025. Unitholders of Evolve Funds on record date will receive cash distributions payable on or about June 6, 2025.Bell Canada and Zoom team up to deliver leading workplace collaboration solutions for Canadian businesses
Bell, Canada’s largest communications company, and Zoom, a global leader in workplace communications, today announced a partnership to offer Workplace from Bell and Zoom, an open collaboration platform with AI Companion, available to Canadian enterprises exclusively through Bell. This relationship reinforces Bell’s objective to provide innovative, reliable, and secure AI powered communication solutions that empower businesses to thrive in today’s dynamic work environment.

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Chef Robotics Physical AI Models Can Now Automate Baked Goods Packing

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2 hours ago

April 29, 2026

SAN FRANCISCO, April 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Chef Robotics, a leader in physical AI for the food industry, today announced that Chef robots can now automate tray assembly for baked goods packing. The application places baked products, such as burger buns, chocolate chip cookies, biscotti, butter cookies, biscuits, fortune cookies, granola bars, rusks, and shortbreads into trays and packaging containers before sealing.

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Baked goods packing has historically been difficult to automate for high-mix production. Each item behaves differently on the production line—a granola bar compresses under the wrong grip, while a biscotti or rusk can crack if placed at the wrong angle. Surface textures range from glazed and smooth to crumbly and irregular, and strict presentation requirements leave little room for error. This variability has made it challenging for automation systems to reliably handle baked goods at production speeds, leaving food manufacturers dependent on manual labor and traditional bakery equipment.

To address this, Chef built its baked goods packing application on its existing piece-picking capability, which uses Chef’s AI-powered computer vision and physical AI models trained across diverse real-world production environments. This allows Chef robots to assess each item’s position, shape, and orientation in real time and determine how to pick the items from the pan and place them quickly and precisely without damaging them.

The baked goods packing application supports four distinct placement capabilities.

First, Chef’s vision system detects the angle at which each item sits in the pan and reorients it after picking, placing it on the tray at the exact angle required, regardless of its original position, enabling retail-ready presentation for SKUs that require precise angular placement.

Second, Chef robots can place multiple baked goods into the same packaging container in a single automated pass, completing full tray assembly without manual intervention.

Third, for packaging containers with multiple small compartments, Chef robots can precisely place items into each designated section, including multiple items in the same compartment, using Chef’s AI vision model to detect compartment positions and orientations in real time.

Fourth, Chef’s vision system identifies the exact center of each tray and places every item at a predefined offset from that center, ensuring a uniform, consistent arrangement across every pack regardless of how trays arrive on the conveyor.

For food manufacturers evaluating bakery systems and baked goods packaging automation, the application offers higher throughput, reduced labor dependency, and consistent presentation across shifts. The capability runs on Chef’s existing robotic hardware and software, allowing manufacturers to deploy it without requiring any changes to their production lines.

Chef’s baked goods packing application is available in the U.S., Canada, Germany, and the UK and is included as part of Chef’s robotics-as-a-service (RaaS) pricing model.

About Chef Robotics
Chef is the first company to have commercialized a scalable AI-driven food robotics solution. With over 104 million servings made in production, Chef leverages ChefOS, an AI platform for food manipulation, to offer a Robotics-as-a-Service solution that helps industry-leading food companies increase production volume and meet demand. Headquartered in San Francisco, CA, Chef aims to empower humans to do what humans do best by accelerating the advent of intelligent machines. Visit https://chefrobotics.ai to learn more.

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Chef Robotics Physical AI Models Can Now Automate Baked Goods Packing

Published

2 hours ago

April 29, 2026

Watch Chef robots in action.

The baked goods packing application supports four distinct placement capabilities.

Second, Chef robots can place multiple baked goods into the same packaging container in a single automated pass, completing full tray assembly without manual intervention.

Chef’s baked goods packing application is available in the U.S., Canada, Germany, and the UK and is included as part of Chef’s robotics-as-a-service (RaaS) pricing model.

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Air Products to Expand Industrial Gas Supply for Samsung Electronics’ Next-Generation Semiconductor Fab in South Korea

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2 hours ago

April 29, 2026

New investment underscores the company’s long-term commitment to Korea and its leading role in the global semiconductor industry

LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa., April 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Air Products (NYSE:APD), a world-leading industrial gases company and serving Samsung globally, today announced it has been selected by Samsung to supply industrial gases for its new advanced semiconductor fab in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.

Under the agreement, Air Products will build, own and operate multiple state-of-the-art production facilities and a bulk specialty gas supply system to supply nitrogen, oxygen, argon, and hydrogen for Samsung’s new semiconductor fab. The new facilities are expected to come onstream in multiple phases from 2028 through 2030.

Air Products has a long track record of executing multiple phase expansions in Pyeongtaek to support Samsung’s growing manufacturing needs. This latest project represents Air Products’ largest investment to date in the semiconductor industry and will establish Pyeongtaek as the company’s single largest operations site globally supporting the electronics industry.

“Air Products is honored to be selected once again by Samsung and to have their continued confidence as a trusted partner supporting their strategic growth plans,” said SR Kim, President, Air Products Korea. “This significant investment reinforces Air Products’ role as a leading global supplier to the semiconductor industry and underscores our long-standing commitment to supporting our strategic customers with safety, reliability, efficiency and excellent service.”

Air Products has served the global electronics industry for more than 40 years, supplying industrial gases safely and reliably to many of the world’s leading technology companies. The company has operated in Korea for more than 50 years and has established a strong position in electronics and manufacturing sectors.

About Air Products

Air Products (NYSE: APD) is a world-leading industrial gases company in operation for over 85 years focused on serving energy, environmental, and emerging markets and generating a cleaner future. The Company supplies essential industrial gases, related equipment and applications expertise to customers in dozens of industries, including refining, chemicals, metals, electronics, manufacturing, medical and food. As the leading global supplier of hydrogen, Air Products also develops, engineers, builds, owns and operates some of the world’s largest clean hydrogen projects, supporting the transition to low- and zero-carbon energy in the industrial and heavy-duty transportation sectors. Through its sale of equipment businesses, the Company also provides turbomachinery, membrane systems and cryogenic containers globally.

Air Products had fiscal 2025 sales of $12 billion from operations in approximately 50 countries. For more information, visit airproducts.com or follow us on LinkedIn, X, Facebook or Instagram.

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