That election call would send Ontarians to the polls on Feb. 27, more than a year before the June 2026 fixed election date.

General contractor New Horizon Development Group will pay a fine of $130,000, while TKEM Electric Ltd. will pay $100,000.

The union had said members' earnings have fallen so far behind that they sometimes earn half of what people in similar positions at municipalities make.

The proposed station life extension would create thousands of jobs and low-cost emissions-free power.

The new facility will consolidate Waasegiizhig Nanaandawe’iyewigamig programs and services currently provided across multiple sites in the Kenora area into a single location.