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News Update, 8:00 am, Thursday October 16th, 2025

News Update, 8:00 am, Thursday October 16th, 2025
News Desk
Oct 16, 2025 | 8:10 AM
The federal government is threatening legal action over Stellantis’s move from Brampton to the US, saying it doesn't "respect its obligations" to Canadians.
2 year ago, the company reportedly entered into an agreement with the Federal and Provincial governments that both would provide up to $15 billion in performance incentives — contingent on a set of conditions.
The plant was shut down early last year to revamp it.
Close to 3thousand employees were expecting to return to work this year to build the new Jeeps.
Stellantis wouldn’t say how many millions or billions it already received from tax payers.
 
A reminder to young drivers, you need a real person in the car with you, if you’re a G-1 driver.
Police say officers pulled over a 19-year-old along Highway 10 in Melancthon Township, and instead of a passenger with at least 4 years of driving experience…. It was a plastic skeleton… buckled in.
No word on any charges.
 
A new global report shows C-O-2 levels soared by record amounts to new highs in 2024. 
The World Meteorological Organization says C-O-2 levels growth rates are now triple what they were in the 1960s.
Wildfire emissions and reduced carbon absorption by the ocean and land ecosystems are said to be a big driver of the record C-O-2 growth in 2024.