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The 2025 wildfire season is on track to be Canada’s 2nd-worst on record

OTTAWA – The area burned by wildfires so far this season is the second-largest on record in Canada, according to government data. Officials with Public…

adminJune 12, 2025

Commercial Construction

14 crew members, four additional staff evacuated after hiding from wildfires in jobsite sea can

SANDY LAKE FIRST NATION — The federal government has deployed members of the Canadian Armed Forces to help evacuate a northwestern Ontario First Nation as…

adminJune 9, 2025

Commercial Construction

New Montreal square lined with orange cones after reports of tripping, injuries

MONTREAL — A brand new public square in Montreal is already lined with orange construction cones after reports of people tripping and falling. The Place…

adminJune 9, 2025

Commercial Construction

Industry incidents: June 2 a dangerous day

TORONTO — Throughout Monday (June 2) emergency responders were called to three separate incidents in Toronto and Mississauga as several workers were injured and one…

adminJune 3, 2025

Workplace fatality results in 0,000 fine for Stoney Creek company

Commercial Construction

Workplace fatality results in $200,000 fine for Stoney Creek company

STONEY CREEK, ONT. — Steel processing company Janco Steel Ltd. of Stoney Creek, Ont. has been fined in relation to a 2022 incident where one…

adminJune 2, 2025

Commercial Construction

One dead, two hurt after workplace incident northeast of Montreal

MONTREAL — A man in his 30s is dead and two people are badly injured after a workplace incident in Sorel-Tracy, northeast of Montreal. Quebec…

adminMay 30, 2025

Commercial Construction

Safey Month wrap up: Kids hitting home the message

TORONTO — What does safety mean through the eyes of a child? This year’s Construction Safety Week Kids Art Contest hosted by Gillam Group is…

adminMay 30, 2025

Hamilton-based company fined 5,000 after two worker fatalities

Commercial Construction

Hamilton-based company fined $225,000 after two worker fatalities

HAMILTON, ONT. — Siding design and installation company John Kenyon Limited of Hamilton has been fined $225,000 after a 2023 incident at Stelco Lake Erie Works…

adminMay 28, 2025

Commercial Construction

A first in Canada: Ontario plans to require AEDs on construction sites

WHITBY, ONT. — Ontario Minister of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development David Piccini has announced a first for Canada as a way to make construction sites safer by requiring automatic external defibrillators…

adminMay 23, 2025

Commercial Construction

Quebec police open criminal investigation into fatal construction site collapse

MONTREAL — Police have opened a criminal negligence investigation into the fatal collapse of retaining walls on Tuesday (May 20) at a construction site north…

adminMay 22, 2025