Applications are open through July 9. The awards celebrate those Ontario companies with 50 or fewer employees and who recorded health and safety successes in 2020.

The federal and provincial governments have earmarked more than $5 million for various indoor and outdoor improvements at the facility.

The national construction market is showing no signs of slowing down. Permit values dropped just 0.5 percent from March’s record total in April, and remain above $11 billion.

The fate of the arena project has teetered back and forth for months. An injection of $18 million from the province means the $25-million project can go ahead at its full scope.

The projects will create a combined 488 affordable rental units across the three communities.