More than 3,000 CP Rail conductors, engineers, train and yard workers represented by Teamsters Canada Rail Conference are off the job.

Ontario’s post-pandemic construction boom means steady supplies of work, but it comes at a cost. Growth and retirements could create a shortage of as many as 72,000 skilled workers by 2027.

Nine projects will share in the funding, which will provide free training and paid electricians’ apprenticeships to more than 2,500 people.

One of the key findings of new data compiled by Statistics Canada is that those journeypersons certified in construction trades reported the highest median increases in overall earning in 2019. Out-of-province mobility, meanwhile, reached historically low rates.

ThermoEnergy Structures Inc. entered a guilty plea in a Belleville court for violations of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.