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Labour
Construction gains help improve employment figures
Significant rise in construction sector jobs boosts employment in December.
Changes hit several Ontario Acts
New year brings legislation and regulatory changes to Ontario.
Post-secondary progress in motion in Alberta
Key training initiatives aiming to provide Albertans with in-demand skills and knowledge.
OGCA targets labour shortages in ICI construction
Report puts a focus on attracting project managers and site supervisors, two in-demand ICI jobs.
Ontario offering free skilled trades guidance for immigrants
Province is investing over $900,000 to help 900 new immigrants enter skilled trades careers.
Opinion: Are CBAs as effective as advertised?
The Independent Contractors and Businesses Association has a thing or two to add to the discussion about community benefits agreements.
News roundup: Pedestrian problems
Canada’s two biggest cities are experiencing construction-related challenges recently.
Tech Trajectory: Construction Plots Its Course
Canada’s leading contractors are making choices today that will dictate how the industry tackles projects throughout the 2020s and beyond.
Weighing the community benefits: CBAs offer promise, but implementation issues
Since time immemorial, people have built roads, bridges, fortifications…
Despite pandemic, women carved out slightly larger role in construction last year
The COVID-19 pandemic kept construction crews off sites last…
Construction employment dips slightly lower in July
The construction labour market posted another lackluster performance in…
Canadian job market picks back up in June, but construction employment falls
Construction job losses in June have set the industry’s…
Closure of non-essential construction in Ontario leads to May job losses
Canada’s construction industry shed 15,900 jobs in May, with…
Construction labour market slips in April after months of strong gains
The construction industry’s labour market snapped a three-month winning…
Ontario firms up plan to replace Ontario College of Trades with new Crown agency
The Ontario government is following through on an earlier…
From the editor… Finding another gear
Caught in the COVID-19 doldrums a year ago, with…
Prompt firings, denunciations follow job site stripper incident in Milton, Ont.
Several Ontario construction workers have been fired after a…
Alberta looks to expand apprenticeship system beyond traditional skilled trades
Alberta has introduced legislation to overhaul governance of the…
Construction jobs market gains again in March, closing in on pre-pandemic level
Employment in the Canadian construction industry is back within…
New recruitment portal, focused on Canadian construction, launches
Annex Business Media, publisher of numerous construction sector business…
