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Ottawa spending 9M to help tariff-hit Ontario workers obtain new skills

Ottawa spending $229M to help tariff-hit Ontario workers obtain new skills

OTTAWA — The federal government will spend $228.8 million over the next three years to help Ontario workers in industries hit hard by U.S. tariffs…

adminMarch 12, 2026

Commercial Construction

Bluescape’s Jane Almey champions women in Toronto highrise construction

Jane Almey admits she is no handyperson and, as a young girl, she never imagined she’d spend her adult working days on highrise construction sites.…

adminMarch 12, 2026

Ottawa says it will spend up to .5M to improve jobs data in key industries

Commercial Construction

Ottawa says it will spend up to $94.5M to improve jobs data in key industries

OTTAWA — The federal government said Monday it’s planning to spend up to $94.5 million over the next five years to get a better sense…

adminMarch 10, 2026

Commercial Construction

Winners unveiled for Skills Ontario pin and medal design contests

WATERLOO, ONT. – More than 400 entries for the annual Skills Ontario pin and medal design contests were received and the winning two have now…

adminMarch 10, 2026

Construction Professionals

Housebuilding cost inflation steady at 2%

The Building Cost Information Service’s Private Housing Construction Price Index surveys a range of small, medium and national builders of houses and flats each quarter.…

adminMarch 9, 2026

OCS’s Jacobs reports 0B in Ontario project pipeline

Commercial Construction

OCS’s Jacobs reports $200B in Ontario project pipeline

Ontario Construction Secretariat director of research Katherine Jacobs saved the best news for last during her March 5 presentation at the OCS State of the…

adminMarch 9, 2026

Commercial Construction

Industry Perspectives Op-Ed: Building the Future – Women Belong in Construction

International Women’s Day is an opportunity to celebrate progress, but it should also be a moment of honesty about the work still ahead. Advancing opportunity…

adminMarch 8, 2026

Commercial Construction

Trades recruitment takes on new urgency says Hamilton HVAC executive

An executive with Hamilton, Ont.-based mechanical and HVAC subcontractor Lancaster Group says his efforts to promote the trades to secondary school students has taken on…

adminMarch 6, 2026

Commercial Construction

Women4Climate marks first year under ZEIC banner

Women4Climate recently marked its first year under the Zero Emissions Innovation Centre (ZEIC) banner. Women4Climate (W4C) empowers professional women and gender-diverse leaders in Metro Vancouver…

adminMarch 6, 2026

Commercial Construction

International Women’s Day: Stories of sisterhood and strength in construction

For more than 100 years International Women’s Day (IWD) has been celebrated, with each and every year marking progress towards gender equality. This year’s theme…

adminMarch 6, 2026