The change will help reduce travel for apprentices writing exams, and support faster entry to the workforce for employers who are hiring now.

The investment will create up to 4,000 new training seats each year, while covering apprentices’ Level 1 classroom fees.

The provincial building trades officially reaffirmed their commitment to ongoing and planned construction projects at the Bruce nuclear site.

Unemployment rose to 14.7 per cent for youth aged 15 to 24 in September, hitting a 15-year high outside the pandemic years.

Paramedics say they are not releasing how many are in critical condition because that number is changing with time.