Among other things, the council is calling on the province to modernize the residential-development approvals process and boost pathways into the skilled trades.

Rapid rises in material and labour costs show an increase in permit value of nearly 7% in 2022. Adjusted for inflation, total permit values fell by 6.6%.

An anonymous tip brought inspectors from the Ministry of Labour to the offices of THS Industries Ltd. in Kitchener where they found OHSA violations relating to nail-maker machines.

Trinity provides services to major national and regional telecommunication, utilities, power and internet service providers.

The Canadian economy grew slightly in November and looks to have stalled further at the end of the year as higher interest rates began to slow spending.