Fiat Chrysler Automobiles is idling its minivan plant in Windsor, Ont., the week of Feb. 18 due to a parts shortage, the company says. Regular production will resume Feb. 25.

Multiple Grammy winner Sting and the cast of his musical, The Last Ship, will be in Oshawa on Thursday to show their support for GM Oshawa workers by performing at the city’s Tribute Communities Centre.

General Motors Canada, through its lawyers, is demanding Unifor stop broadcasting and streaming an ad the company calls “knowingly false and misleading” or face legal action.

New-vehicle sales in January fell 5.4 per cent to 111,225 units sold when compared with the same month last year, according to the Automotive News Data Center in Detroit, lending early credence to 2019 forecasts.

Unifor will bring its campaign to keep General Motors Oshawa, Ont., assembly plant open to the attention of millions of Canadians when it runs a television ad during Sunday’s Super Bowl broadcast.

The House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology will ask Mary Barra to “come before committee and explain General Motors' future and continued commitment to the Canadian automotive and manufacturing industry in Canada.” The government is concerned after GM said it would close its assembly plant in Oshawa, Ont.

Japan-based auto manufacturers posted their fifth consecutive year of record Canadian light-vehicle sales in 2018, even as the industry overall saw a decline for the first time in nearly a decade.

Unifor President Jerry Dias is asking Canadians and Americans to boycott Mexico-made General Motors vehicles in protest of the automaker’s decision to close its Oshawa Assembly plant northeast of Toronto. But, GM said a boycott would cause economic harm in Canada.

Fiery Unifor boss Jerry Dias said again this week he “will never call for an outright boycott.” But that hasn’t always been the case — and it might not remain the case as his battle against General Motors drags on.

FCA Canada says it will idle its Windsor Assembly Plant the week of Feb. 11, halting minivan production there. The automaker hasn't given a reason for the shutdown.

Nissan Canada is recalling nearly 7,500 Altima sedans because a wiring problem could lead the rear doors to open while the window is down and the car is in motion.

Ford Canada’s new CEO will be a Canadian, Dean Stoneley. Mark Buzzell leaves after two years to become director of North American fleet, lease and remarketing operations for Ford Motor Co. 

Canadian parts giant Magna International, through a subsidiary, will assemble the 2020 Toyota GR Supra at a factory in Europe. Toyota is the supplier's fourth complete-vehicle-assembly customer.

Canada’s economic development minister Navdeep Bains has not ruled out offering General Motors financial support in an effort to keep the automaker's Oshawa, Ont., factory operating. Monday, he met with GM CEO Mary Barra, but the automaker did not reverse course.

Not even the offer of financial support from two levels of government can change General Motors' decision to close its Oshawa, Ont., assembly plant.