The country added 378,000 jobs for the month, and is now within 3.7 percent of its pre-COVID employment levels. Construction, meanwhile, is more than 8 percent below its February level.

The association awarded $17,000 worth of scholarships this year, and has awarded $50,000 overall since its program’s inception.

The government has appointed five members to a panel that will look at how to replace the Ontario College of Trades. It also topped up apprenticeship funding by $75 million to help cover apprentices’ living expenses during their in-class training.

An open letter from hospital president and CEO Sarah Downey to EllisDon president and CEO Geoff Smith calls on the contractor to do more to find those responsible for this, the third such act in four months.

Garth Cressman takes over as the company’s ninth CEO, replacing Paul Reitzel.