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'Break in the cooling trend': Jobs report tops economists' expectations in September
Statistics Canada reported on Friday that the economy added 47,000 jobs in September, while the unemployment rate declined for the first time since January to 6.5 per cent.
Provincial dollars support carpentry pre-apprenticeship training for women at Conestoga College
Investment of up to $1.88 million in training programs helping women in Cambridge and Guelph.
Ottawa’s Giatec receives federal funding for AI and sensor-based innovations
The funding will support the further development of sensor technologies and AI-based software solutions helping to reduce carbon emissions within the concrete industry.
Ontario government engineers start job action in contract dispute
The engineers and land surveyors do work related to the provincial highway network, the Ontario Building Code, land surveying, fire safety, food and workplace safety, clean air and safe drinking water.
Feds commit $14M to critical minerals infrastructure projects
The funding, which is pending final due diligence from Natural Resources Canada, would be provided through the Critical Minerals Infrastructure Fund.