Labour
City BuildHERS forging bonds across the building world in a variety of sectors
City BuildHERS forging bonds across the building world in a variety of sectors
An Ottawa-based group that offers professional women in the building world opportunities to meet up and possibly forge business relationships is taking off in a fashion unexpected by its founders. “We hoped it would go really far and get large but we did...
Labour
‘Logjam’: Labour minister tries to reset faltering talks at Port of Montreal
MONTREAL - Federal Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon says contract talks at the P...
Government , Labour
Ontario supports trades training in Leeds-Grenville
BROCKVILLE, ONT. — The Ontario government has announced it is spending $2.1 mill...
Government , Labour
Humber Polytechnic completes expansion of Centre for Skilled Trades
TORONTO — Humber Polytechnic has announced the completion of a $9.5-million expa...
Labour , Projects
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City BuildHERS forging bonds across the building world in a variety of sectors
An Ottawa-based group that offers professional women in the building world oppor...
Labour
‘Logjam’: Labour minister tries to reset faltering talks at Port of Montreal
MONTREAL - Federal Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon says contract talks at the P...
Government , Labour
Ontario supports trades training in Leeds-Grenville
BROCKVILLE, ONT. — The Ontario government has announced it is spending $2.1 mill...
Government , Labour
Humber Polytechnic completes expansion of Centre for Skilled Trades
TORONTO — Humber Polytechnic has announced the completion of a $9.5-million expa...
Labour , Projects
Quebec premier takes heat for paying students to ‘renovate their basement’
MONTREAL — The Quebec government is facing criticism for a program that paid stu...
Government , Labour
Gruelling days and gratitude for Canadian linemen helping with U.S. hurricane outages
TORONTO — Quebecer Stéphan Perreault and his team of linemen have been helping r...
Labour
International Day of the Girl Child: A Women’s Work flagship training centre looks to the future of the trades
October 11 is International Day of the Girl Child, a day dedicated to ce...
Labour
Metrolinx marks 10th anniversary of community benefits program
Metrolinx is marking the 10th anniversary of the launch of its community benefit...
Labour
Women’s History Month celebrates Women at Work
OTTAWA – In 1992, the Government of Canada designated October as Women’s History...
Labour
Shipments to resume as Montreal dockworkers strike wraps up as scheduled
MONTREAL — The union representing Montreal dockworkers has ended a three-day str...
Labour
Avison Young warns of Montreal port strike impacts
MONTREAL — With dockworkers at the Port of Montreal in the third day of a propos...
Economic , Labour
Dockworkers go on a strike that could reignite inflation and cause shortages in the holiday season
PHILADELPHIA - From Maine to Texas, dockworkers at 36 ports across the eastern U...
Labour , US News
Amplify Indigenous Voices in Architecture focuses on helping post-secondary youth
A new non-profit called Amplify Indigenous Voices in Architecture (AIVIA) is loo...
Labour
Industry Perspectives Op-Ed: Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇåion and modern slavery in Canada
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government is resuscitating a 2015 elect...
Labour
IUPAT offering free prostate cancer screening for awareness month
TORONTO — September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month and the International Uni...
Labour
Skills Ontario applauds Team Canada on success at WorldSkills Lyon
LYON, FRANCE — Members of Team Canada demonstrated their strengths in skills in...
Labour
Ontario investing $1.18M for women to train in general carpentry at Burlington skills centre
The Ontario Ministry of Women’s Social and Economic Opportunity is investing up...
Labour
Skilled Trades Ontario Launches first apprenticeship awards
TORONTO - Skilled Trades Ontario (STO) has announced the launch of its inaugural...
Labour
Ontario announces skills training funding for Windsor electricians
WINDSOR, ONT. - The Ontario government has announced it will spend $9 million to...
Government , Labour
Atria appoints new VP of business development and labour relations
TORONTO—Atria Development Corporation has appointed Durval Terceira as vice-pres...
Labour
Indigenous women take the lead on Kirkland Lake prefabricated housing factory project
An initiative to build a factory in Kirkland Lake to make prefabricated housing...
Infrastructure , Labour
Labour shortage in construction among obstacles facing Ottawa’s housing plan: report
OTTAWA - A new report by Desjardins warns Ottawa's efforts to kickstart new hous...
Government , Labour
Steelworkers praise steel, EV tariffs on China
TORONTO - The United Steelworkers union (USW) has released a statement praising...
Economic , Labour
Brantford bridge replacement approved, going to tender
Brantford city councillors have approved an additional $1.5 million to replace t...
Infrastructure , Labour
Carpenters’ march in Toronto Labour Day Parade
TORONTO—Union members from Carpenters’ Local 27, the Drywall Acoustic Lathing an...
Labour
Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇåion underway on Sentinel Apartments by Big-D Midwest
 ST. PAUL, MN - Big-D Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇåion Midwest recently started construction on a 30...
Labour
Hamilton trades march as CLC launches campaign
The weather was perfect and the mood celebratory as the Hamilton and District La...
Labour
Canadian construction spared in TFW crackdown
Canada’s construction sector was spared as the federal Liberal government announ...
Government , Labour
Stakeholders spar: What’s to blame for declining homebuilding productivity?
Two recently published articles on homebuilding productivity in Canada, one buil...
Labour
Shipyard sector receives funding to train and upskill workers
ST. CATHARINES, ONT. — Ontario Shipyards Inc. is receiving $10 million from the...
Government , Labour
Labour board orders rail workers back on the job, as Teamsters vow to appeal
OTTAWA - The federal labour board has ordered thousands of rail employees back t...
Government , Labour
Avison Young outlines consequences of rail strike
TORONTO - Real estate adviser Avison Young has issued a statement warning about...
Government , Labour
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Winnipeg history demolished for downtown park makeover
Winnipeg history buffs and heritage organizations were shocked and angered recen...
Projects
Feds transfer $16M to Newfoundland and Labrador for infrastructure priorities
ST. JOHN'S — The Government of Canada has transferred more than $16 million to N...
Government , Infrastructure
UPDATE: No injuries reported after crane collapses downtown Toronto
TORONTO - Toronto police are reporting no one was injured after a crane collapse...
OH&S
$1.8B Weeneebayko Area Health Authority redevelopment contract awarded
TORONTO — A fixed-price contract of $1.8 billion has been awarded to Pomerleau H...
Projects
The ‘math doesn’t make sense’: A rental housing development struggle
The biggest challenge to getting rental housing projects built today is the math...
Associations
Lawsuit launched by Mosaic Transit Group on Finch West LRT
TORONTO — Mosaic Transit Group has filed a lawsuit over the Finch West LRT. Acc...
Government , Infrastructure
Lakeview partners gather for Harbourwalk groundbreaking in Mississauga
There were good vibes on all sides as stakeholders and politicians gathered for...
Projects
Toronto again reigns in latest RLB crane count
TORONTO — Toronto remained the champion of Rider Levett Bucknall’s (RLB) biannua...