Labour
Students driving wood innovation: Your 2024 Catherine Lalonde Memorial Scholarship winners
Students driving wood innovation: Your 2024 Catherine Lalonde Memorial Scholarship winners
OTTAWA — The Canadian Wood Council (CWC) has announced the recipients of the 2024 Catherine Lalonde Memorial Scholarships. Laura Walters from McMaster University and Jiawen Shen from the University of British Columbia (UBC) were recognized for their acad...
Labour
Manitoba construction council teaching small-med contractors sky skills
The Manitoba Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇåion Sector Council (MCSC) is teaching small and medium-siz...
Labour
Union in B.C. port dispute seeks judicial review of federal back-to-work order
VANCOUVER — The union representing British Columbia port supervisors in a disput...
Labour
Alberta provides $1.5M to Trade Winds to Success for skilled trades training
EDMONTON — The Alberta government is giving more than $1.5 million over three ye...
Labour
Latest News
Students driving wood innovation: Your 2024 Catherine Lalonde Memorial Scholarship winners
OTTAWA — The Canadian Wood Council (CWC) has announced the recipients of the 202...
Labour
Manitoba construction council teaching small-med contractors sky skills
The Manitoba Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇåion Sector Council (MCSC) is teaching small and medium-siz...
Labour
Union in B.C. port dispute seeks judicial review of federal back-to-work order
VANCOUVER — The union representing British Columbia port supervisors in a disput...
Labour
Alberta provides $1.5M to Trade Winds to Success for skilled trades training
EDMONTON — The Alberta government is giving more than $1.5 million over three ye...
Labour
Industry divided: Manitoba apprentice ratio change lambasted by some, embraced by others
Regulatory changes that came into effect recently and restored the 1:1 apprentic...
Labour
Industry Perspectives Op-Ed: Canadians are changing their minds about the skilled trades
Canadian perceptions around skilled trades careers are shifting. Both university...
Labour
Driving home a message: Women concrete truck drivers on the rise across Ontario
According to polling conducted by Concrete Ontario of its members, there are now...
Labour
CCA announces launch of ‘Honour the Work’ for students
CALGARY, ALTA. — The Calgary Â鶹´«Ã½¸ßÇåion Association (CCA) has officially launc...
Associations , Labour
UBC on receiving end of $9M to help 1,500 construction workers with certification
OTTAWA — The Government of Canada has announced it is investing in 1,500 interna...
Government , Labour
Union says it will challenge Ottawa’s intervention in B.C. port work stoppages
OTTAWA — The union representing locked-out port workers in British Columbia is p...
Government , Labour
‘Do the work’: Ottawa urges both sides in B.C. port dispute to restart talks
VANCOUVER — The federal government is urging both sides in the British Columbia...
Government , Labour
Port employers ‘refusing to bargain,’ cut off talks in less than an hour: Union
VANCOUVER — The union for locked-out port workers in British Columbia says the B...
Labour
Industry Perspectives Op-Ed: Sowing the seeds of Alberta’s skilled trades future
Alberta is the fastest-growing province in Canada and its construction worksites...
Labour
H2H honours veterans, highlights resources for second career
OTTAWA — In recognition of Remembrance Day, Helmets to Hardhats (H2H) is honouri...
Labour
Sides in B.C. port dispute to meet in bid to end lockout after talk with minister
VANCOUVER — Employers and the union representing supervisors embroiled in a labo...
Labour
Your top JOC headlines: Nov. 4 to 8
Your top JOC headlines this week feature news construction is slated to start on...
Economic , Government , Infrastructure , Labour
No talks scheduled in standoff between employers, union in B.C. port lockout
VANCOUVER — British Columbia port employers say they may be "required to reasses...
Labour
Trucking, construction expect ‘labour crisis’ with new temporary worker rules
OTTAWA — Dominique Lamothe said the trucking firm she works for will be in troub...
Government , Labour
Business groups say B.C. port stoppage will hurt companies, Canadian economy
VANCOUVER — Business groups say the work stoppage at B.C. ports is the latest in...
Economic , Labour
B.C. port lockout to begin as no deal reached in labour dispute with foremen union
VANCOUVER — The provincewide lockout against a union of more than 700 foremen at...
Labour
Strickland outlines ‘game-changing’ wage requirements in new tax credits regime
A proposed new wave of green technology projects that could soon be launched acr...
Government , Labour
Manitoba restores 1:1 apprenticeship ratio
WINNIPEG – Regulatory changes that restore the 1:1 apprentice-to-journeyperson r...
Labour
BuildForce’s Ferreira sees immigration, retirements and shifting activity as prime industry drivers
A labour force expert sees shifting levels of construction activity across provi...
Associations , Labour
People and flexibility keystones of new work culture: ICBA panel
Vancouver construction leaders assembled at the Independent Contractors and Busi...
Associations , 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
Women’s History Month celebrates Women at Work
OTTAWA – In 1992, the Government of Canada designated October as Women’s History...
Labour
Your top JOC headlines: Sept. 30 to Oct. 4
Your top JOC headlines this week feature news Alberta’s Industrial Heartland is...
Economic , Infrastructure , Labour , OH&S
Alberta’s Industrial Heartland to draw in thousands of construction workers
Thousands of construction workers will be needed in Alberta’s Industrial Heartla...
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
EllisDon, BCIT collaborate on mass timber microcredential program
EllisDon is collaborating with British Columbia educators to funnel their mass t...
Labour , Technology
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
PCA launches new voter awareness campaign ahead of B.C. election
VICTORIA – The Progressive Contractors Association of Canada (PCA) has launched...
Government , Labour , Projects
Most Read News
Trudeau shuffles cabinet as his Liberal government faces new election threat
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is adding eight fresh faces to his cabine...
Government
Alberta government’s Green Line report raises feasibility questions: Gondek
CALGARY — A report on the Alberta government's proposed alignment for Calgary's...
Infrastructure
Global EV Growth and the Related Need for Charging Infrastructure
Electric vehicles (EVs) are quickly replacing conventional cars and becoming mai...
Economic
Canadian carbon removal company scores US$40M grant from fund backed by Bill Gates
CALGARY, ALTA. — A Montreal-based company building a Canadian test site for carb...
Resource
Light House launches new initiative to tackle construction plastics
VANCOUVER — The Light House organization has launched a new initiative aimed at...
Resource
Sharon Giffen appointed to WorkSafeBC’s board of directors
VICTORIA — A new director has been selected for appointment to WorkSafeBC's gove...
OH&S
Will increasing the supply of housing make it more affordable?
Canada has a serious shortage of housing that is affordable, defined as 30 per c...
Economic
Tariff threats cast a shadow over U.S. reliance on Canada for the majority of its oil imports
NEW YORK — The U.S. increasingly relies on Canadian crude oil to meet domestic d...