The 2,000-square foot space will be sited at 350 Legget Drive, home of the original Mitel Networks campus. Construction is scheduled to start in June, with the facility opening after Labour Day.

More than $2 million in funding will enable the garden to rebuild a boathouse, a viewing platform and boardwalk, and repair nature trails and garden path. Meanwhile, four projects in Hamilton will share in nearly $8.5 million worth of funding.

An estimated 164,000 new journeypersons will be required across Canada’s 56 Red Seal trades in the next five years to sustain demand, and replace retirees. Of those, 115,000 will be needed in the country’s 15 largest trades, many of which are in the construction sector.

The agreement signed by Ontario Power Generation, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories and SNC-Lavalin will help to develop a skilled nuclear decommissioning workforce for deployment on projects across Canada and around the world.

The firms have been chosen to design the Queens Quay East Extension and Cherry Street portal as part of the Waterfront East Light Rail Transit which will reconnect Toronto’s downtown and its waterfront.