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Newmarket company fined $75,000 in conjunction with 2021 fatality
A worker was fatally injured during the erection of retaining walls at a construction site for a four-storey apartment building.
Coreslab Structures fined $255K for 2021 fatality
The company was found to have failed to ensure control switches on a concrete mixer were locked out.
ESDC reveals findings of temporary foreign worker program inspections
Of the more than 2,100 inspections carried out, just 6% of employers were found to be in violation of program rules. The government publishes a list of non-compliant employers online.
Ontario proposes new way of funding GO Transit stations, spurring nearby development
New legislation would let municipalities fund the design and construction of new GO stations.
Crown withdraws charges against construction company in fatal Barrie crash
Investigators had determined that the crash happened at a municipal construction site on a rural road, where a car plunged into a deep pit.