Chris Nepszy comes to Windsor from the Town of Essex, where he served as Chief Administrative Officer. He replaces retiring Commissioner of Infrastructure Services Mark Winterton, who leaves the position in September.

The new Small Business Health and Safety Training Program aims to improve health and safety awareness by training health and safety representatives of small businesses in a number of sectors, including construction.

De Novo Treatment Centre is helping to conduct research that aims to identify and address the cause for higher rates of addiction and suicide within the industry.

Labour Force Survey data for June released by Statistics Canada earlier this month show a third straight month of job losses in the construction industry, or a drop of 1.6 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis.

The fine is the second this year imposed against R. M. Belanger for its role in site accidents that have led to worker deaths.