Manufacturing is leading the Canadian economy out of recession, but deepening trade tensions with the U.S. could stifle ongoing strong growth, a new report on Canada's economic performance amid the easing of lockdown restrictions has found.

The new Small Business Health and Safety Training Program aims to improve health and safety awareness by training health and safety representatives of small businesses in a number of sectors, including construction.

The project aims to redirect sewage from the Portsmouth Pumping Station and interconnect a trunk water main, while also making transportation-infrastructure improvements along key streets.

A new station at Clark Avenue in Thornhill brings the number of stops along the Yonge subway extension to four. The station is expected to serve as many as 2,500 riders at peak travel times.

A handful of communities across Ontario will share in $29 million in funding for green-infrastructure projects.