The funding is open to those trades-training organizations that wish to improve and modernize their equipment. The deadline to apply is December 21.

The RFQ is for the second advance tunnel contract for a section of underground works from Jane Street to the future Mount Dennis Station. Another pre-qualification—for the transit project’s elevated section of tracks—is expected in the coming weeks.

Plans to build a single, integrated treatment centre for kids with complex-care needs received a massive boost in late November with an open-ended commitment by the province to invest in the facility.

Construction intentions in the non-residential sector were up 4.2 percent, while the residential sector edged down 0.1 percent.

An audit by Bonnie Lysyk's office released Wednesday said the government issued 44 Minister's Zoning Orders between March 2019 and March 2021, when in the past, about one was issued per year.