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Ottawa steel company fined $55,000 after worker injured by unsafely stored building material
Eric Lemire Enterprises was found to have failed to ensure material or equipment at a project was stored and moved in a manner that did not endanger a worker.
EllisDon consortium awarded $3.6-billion South Niagara Hospital contract
Design and development work on the project will continue this month. Construction is expected to begin in July 2023, and end in early 2028.
Conestoga pre-apprenticeship program gets funding boost from province
A $269,010 investment at Conestoga has allowed 20 students to participate in a general carpenter program. The 29-week course is delivered at the Cambridge and Waterloo campuses.
Feds launch RFQ process for high-frequency rail project
Qualified proponents from Canada and abroad will be invited to participate in a formal request for proposals process that begins this summer.
Heritage properties need not be sacrificed for housing growth
Many of Ontario’s heritage properties could be vulnerable to the wrecking ball of urban intensification under the More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022.