The Crown corporation has selected Aecon, Buttcon, EllisDon, Kenaidan and Pomerleau to bid on major works to its Montreal and Toronto yards. Proposals are due in July and August.

The new Group Sponsorship Grant program aims to take some of burden of bringing an apprentice through completion of their training by allowing more than one company to sponsor an apprentice.

The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2021.

A gain of just 62,000 jobs for the month suggests that the summer’s economic rebound is slowing. November’s gain was just 0.3 percent, compared with an average rate of 2.7 percent between May and September.

Under construction for three years, the new 23,000-square foot terminal includes a number of significant enhancements, including indoor waiting spaces and an above-ground link to Scotiabank Arena, the PATH and Union Station.