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Demand outweighs supply of tradespeople for Niagara construction projects

There is more work than there are skilled tradespeople to do the jobs in Niagara...

Labour January 13, 2026

CLAC’s SWIT program adds regional focus for women in northern Ontario

CLAC’s national program to promote and advance women in the trades launched last...

Labour January 12, 2026

CBTU on receiving end of $9M in federal funding for green training initiatives

OTTAWA — The Government of Canada is investing close to $9 million in Canada’s B...

Labour December 12, 2025

CAF launches national foundation to advance equity in the skilled trades

OTTAWA — The Canadian Apprenticeship Forum (CAF) recently announced it has estab...

Labour December 4, 2025

Algoma Steel to lay off 1,000 workers in coming months, union says

SAULT STE. MARIE — Algoma Steel is laying off more than a third of its workforce...

Labour December 2, 2025

Province invests $2.6 million for new Skills Ontario trades and tech trucks

MISSISSAUGA, ONT. — The Ontario government is investing $2.6 million in Skills O...

Government , Labour December 2, 2025

OBCT launches anti-discrimination, anti-harassment training program

TORONTO - Ontario Building and Construction Tradeswomen (OBCT) has announced the...

Associations , Labour December 1, 2025

Ontario exempting training centres from municipal and planning laws

TORONTO - Companies and unions building worker training centres using money from...

Government , Labour , Projects December 1, 2025

What are the most in-demand trades for 2026? Skills Ontario weighs in

Among the top skilled trades in demand in Ontario for 2026 are industrial electr...

Labour November 28, 2025

OBCT report shows ‘persistent’ challenges for women in construction

TORONTO — Ontario Building and Construction Tradeswomen (OBCT) recently released...

Labour November 18, 2025

Gillam Group making moves for MOvember

TORONTO — Gillam Group is once again getting ready to enter the hairiest month o...

Labour November 7, 2025

Ontario fall update: Province eyes challenging labour market amid tariffs, lower population growth

TORONTO — Ontario's deficit projection is shrinking in its fall fiscal update, b...

Labour November 6, 2025

A major barrier: Women struggle to find employer sponsors for apprenticeships

Women are eager to get into skilled trades careers in construction but after com...

Labour November 6, 2025

Gritziotis unveils details of major-projects workforce stability plan

Ontario’s unionized building trades, select contractors and major-project owners...

Labour November 5, 2025

‘Progress doesn’t mean parity’: RESCON seminar highlights efforts to bolster women in the trades

Actions that have been taken to get more young women into skilled trades in cons...

Labour November 4, 2025

RICS report: Surveying sector suffering critical skills shortage globally

LONDON, ENGLAND — The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has releas...

Labour October 31, 2025

Ontario invests nearly $12M in women, Indigenous trade, training initiatives

TORONTO — Through two different funding streams the Ontario government is provid...

Labour October 24, 2025

STO achieving breakthroughs, CEO White tells Building Trades audience

Skilled Trades Ontario CEO Candice White told delegates attending the recent Ont...

Labour October 24, 2025

Child care a major barrier to growing Ontario’s skilled trades: Report

TORONTO – With Ontario already facing a severe labour shortage, each and every b...

Labour October 22, 2025

Forests Minister Parmar says workers in B.C. deserve “same treatment” as in Ontario

VICTORIA — Forests Minister Ravi Parmar says it is "unacceptable" that Ottawa al...

Labour October 21, 2025

Cardus warns Ontario government: ‘Public-sector project labour agreements could be risky’

OTTAWA – Think-tank Cardus is urging the Ontario government to be aware of the “...

Labour October 20, 2025

Ontario spending $64M for in-class skilled trades apprenticeship training

WINDSOR, ONT. — The Ontario government has announced an investment of $64.2 mill...

Government , Labour October 16, 2025

‘The girl I am, the change I lead’: Skills Ontario celebrates International Day of the Girl

TORONTO – Established by the United Nations in 2012, the International Day of th...

Labour October 10, 2025

CBTU launches letter-writing campaign asking members to call for PLAs on major projects

OTTAWA — Canada's Building Trades Unions has launched a national letter-writing...

Labour October 9, 2025

Number of temporary worker applications fell as fine total increased, government says

OTTAWA — Ottawa issued almost $5 million in fines to companies for not complying...

Labour October 8, 2025

Survey reveals critical trade careers in fire safety lack visibility

TORONTO – A follow-up Leger survey commissioned by Classic Fire + Life Safety fi...

Labour October 8, 2025

Transforming workplaces initiative aims to help youth with disabilities enter the trades

TORONTO — A new multi-year project is underway to help workplaces in Canada’s co...

Labour October 6, 2025

Recent SDF announcements bolster mentorship, mental health supports

ST. THOMAS, ONT.— The Ontario government has made several Skills Development Fun...

Labour September 25, 2025

Canadian Chamber of Commerce calls for ‘meticulous’ temporary worker review

OTTAWA — The Canadian Chamber of Commerce says the entire temporary foreign work...

Labour September 25, 2025

Can virtual strategies attract more people to careers in the construction trades?

The Future Skills Centre (FSC) recently reported on a project for developing a t...

Labour September 24, 2025

Carpenters’ Michigan Council Detroit outreach paying dividends

Detroiter Quentin Murray is a sterling example of graduates from the Michigan Re...

Labour September 18, 2025

Star apprentice symbolizes Ornamental Ironworkers’ new digs

There's more to ironworking than laying girders for skyscrapers — as respectable...

Labour September 17, 2025

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