7 d. ago WARMINGTON: Doug Ford hints at pulling all Crown Royal parent company’s brands if plant closes

Ontario Premier says Diageo will 'pay dearly' if the company doesn't reverse its planned Amherstburg whisky plant shutdown

Economics

7 d. ago Ford warns Crown Royal maker will ‘pay dearly’ for plant closure

The premier's office couldn't say if Doug Ford was threatening to remove all of the company's products, which include Johnnie Walker, Guinness and Tanqueray, from the LCBO.

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9 d. ago Crown Royal bottling plant ‘caught in the crosshairs’ of parent company’s struggles

The looming closure of an Ontario plant that bottles Crown Royal sparked political blowback this week.

Economics

1 week ago Ford government won’t order LCBO to remove Crown Royal from shelves — for now

On Tuesday, Ford ended a news conference by pouring out a bottle of the Canadian whisky, after its parent company, Diageo, announced it would shutter a plant in Amherstburg, Ont.

Politics

1 week ago WARMINGTON: Crown Royal won’t be ‘Canadian whisky’ if plant moved to U.S.

Workers at closing Amherstburg blending and bottling plant say once American water is used, the famous whisky loses Canuck status

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1 week ago LILLEY: Premier Ford’s protectionism sure sounding like Donald Trump

If the people of Ontario do take Ford up on his call to boycott Crown Royal, they will only be hurting Canadian jobs

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1 week ago WARMINGTON: Ford warns whisky CEO, ‘If you hurt my people, I hurt you’

While Ontario's premier complains this is no way to treat "your best customer' Crown Royal's parent company says decision is "final"

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1 week ago Getting to the bottom of the Crown Royal bottling plant closure as Doug Ford pours scorn on move

Premier empties bottle of whisky on ground to protest decision that will cost Ontario town nearly 200 jobs

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1 week ago Video shows Doug Ford pouring out a bottle of Crown Royal over decision to close Ontario plant

Spirits maker Diageo announced last week that it will cease operations at its bottling facility in Amherstburg, Ont., early next year

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1 week ago Ford dumps Crown Royal bottle in protest of plant closure: ‘They’re hurting Ontario’

Ontario Premier Doug Ford dumped out a bottle of Crown Royal Tuesday in protest of the whisky maker's decision to shutter its bottling facility in the province.

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1 week ago Doug Ford pours out bottle of Crown Royal over upcoming Ontario plant closure

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is reacting angrily to news of the closure of a plant that bottles Crown Royal, pouring out a bottle at a press conference and encouraging others to dump the whisky as well. Spirits maker Diageo announced last week that it will cease operations at its bottling facility in Amherstburg, Ont., early […]

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2 w. ago Le distillateur du Crown Royal ferme une usine en Ontario et transfère une partie de ses activités canadiennes aux États

Le distillateur Diageo fermera une usine en Ontario l’an prochain pour transférer une partie de ses volumes d’embouteillage aux États-Unis.

Events

2 w. ago Southwestern Ontario bottling plant shifting work to U.S., 160 jobs lost

With the news still raw that alcohol giant Diageo is closing its Amherstburg bottling plant and moving those operations to the U.S., the union representing workers there vowed Thursday to fight to save the facility. Closing the Amherstburg plant, so Diageo can bottle some Canadian-made Crown Royal whisky in the U.S., will kill 160 local […]

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2 w. ago Crown Royal bottler closing down Ontario plant, moving operations to U.S

Spirits maker Diageo says it will cease operations at its bottling facility in Amherstburg, Ont., early next year, as it shifts some of the bottling volume to the U.S.

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