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MOL proposes modernizing first-aid requirements
Responsibility for the province’s first aid program is currently shared between the Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development and the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board. A new proposal would see the MOL assume sole control of the first-aid mandate.
Brookfield Infrastructure selling Enwave business for US$4.1 billion
Enwave, which provides heating and cooling for buildings from a central plant, was acquired by Brookfield Infrastructure in 2012 from the City of Toronto and Borealis, the infrastructure investment arm of the OMERS pension plan.
Gordie Howe bridge cluster could create significant economic benefits: UWindsor study
A new study prepared by the University of Windsor’s Cross-Border Institute suggests that Windsor and Detroit could both realize huge economic benefits from the creation of a transportation, distribution and logistics cluster around the Gordie Howe International Bridge.
Argonaut Gold gets the green light to start construction on Magino mine
The two-year construction project will create as many as 550 construction jobs. The project has been awarded to Ausenco Engineering Canada Inc and is expected to begin immediately.
SNC-Lavalin, Dillon hired for Ring of Fire road EAs
The assessment is expected to take as many as three years to complete; a construction schedule beyond that is unknown. The proposed permanent road would connect Marten Falls First Nation and Webequie First Nation to each other and to emerging Ring of Fire mining sites.