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Mass timber building at Centennial College is taking shape
The college is collaborating with EllisDon, DIALOG and Smoke Architecture to build the province's first zero-carbon, mass timber higher-education building, with a design based on the Indigenous concept of "Two-eyed Seeing."
Erin pre-qualifies five for water treatment plant
The town’s second attempt at securing bids for its $120-million project has—so far—been successful. But this isn’t the first time Erin has pre-qualified contractors for the work, only to fail to award the contract.
Dream Unlimited commits to net zero by 2035
The developer will draw on a loan of nearly $137 million from the Canada Infrastructure Bank to help bring its assets in Ontario and Saskatchewan to net zero.
COVID hammered apprenticeship numbers in 2020: StatsCan
The national statistics agency found a drop of 28.5 percent in apprenticeship registrations in 2020, and a drop in certifications of 32.7 percent.
Province doubles annual OCIF funding to small, rural and northern communities
The province’s 424 small, rural and northern communities will each receive at least $100,000 in annual funding for infrastructure projects over the next five years via the Ontario Community Infrastructure Fund, Doug Ford announced on December 8.