Funded in part by the college, the federal and provincial governments and several industry partners, the facility will host applied research in life sciences diagnostics and novel cosmetics formulations.

The federal and provincial governments committed nearly $1.3 million to a series of projects to deliver broadband infrastructure service to four communities in the region.

The mass-timber building at George Brown College in Toronto is the first of its kind to be built in Canada, and features a host of sophisticated innovations. It will compete for a global architecture prize in Portugal this fall.

BOLT received $350,000 to expand its Job Shadowing program to help more youth start careers in the sector.

The provincial government passed legislation in April that required employers with 25 or more workers to have an electronic monitoring policy and gave them six months to come up with one.