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Conestoga College among several to share in $18 million in federal research funding
Funding from the feds will help researchers measure pressures on skilled trades workers, such as workplace demands and hazards as well as workers’ physiological and cognitive responses.
Province seeks much smaller home for temporary Ontario Science Centre
Infrastructure Ontario has released its request for proposals for space to accommodate a temporary Ontario Science Centre.
Macklem says low productivity growth is Canada’s ‘Achilles heel,’ calls for action
The governor’s comments echoed the central message of a speech senior deputy governor Carolyn Rogers gave in March, where she warned addressing low productivity has become a national emergency.
Province to spend $10M on fire-training facilities
Of the funding, $9 million is being allocated to the construction of five training centres across the province.
Lansdowne 2.0 development costs underestimated: Ottawa AG report
A report by Ottawa’s Auditor General finds that the city may have under-estimated the cost to redevelop its downtown Lansdowne Park by as much as $73 million.