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Metrolinx marks 10th anniversary of community benefits program

Metrolinx is marking the 10th anniversary of the launch of its community benefit...

Labour October 9, 2024

Women’s History Month celebrates Women at Work

OTTAWA – In 1992, the Government of Canada designated October as Women’s History...

Labour October 7, 2024

Shipments to resume as Montreal dockworkers strike wraps up as scheduled

MONTREAL — The union representing Montreal dockworkers has ended a three-day str...

Labour October 3, 2024

Avison Young warns of Montreal port strike impacts

MONTREAL — With dockworkers at the Port of Montreal in the third day of a propos...

Economic , Labour October 2, 2024

Dockworkers go on a strike that could reignite inflation and cause shortages in the holiday season

PHILADELPHIA - From Maine to Texas, dockworkers at 36 ports across the eastern U...

Labour , US News October 1, 2024

Amplify Indigenous Voices in Architecture focuses on helping post-secondary youth

A new non-profit called Amplify Indigenous Voices in Architecture (AIVIA) is loo...

Labour September 30, 2024

Industry Perspectives Op-Ed: Construction and modern slavery in Canada

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government is resuscitating a 2015 elect...

Labour September 26, 2024

IUPAT offering free prostate cancer screening for awareness month

TORONTO — September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month and the International Uni...

Labour September 23, 2024

Skills Ontario applauds Team Canada on success at WorldSkills Lyon

LYON, FRANCE — Members of Team Canada demonstrated their strengths in skills in...

Labour September 20, 2024

Ontario investing $1.18M for women to train in general carpentry at Burlington skills centre

The Ontario Ministry of Women’s Social and Economic Opportunity is investing up...

Labour September 20, 2024

Skilled Trades Ontario Launches first apprenticeship awards

TORONTO - Skilled Trades Ontario (STO) has announced the launch of its inaugural...

Labour September 19, 2024

Ontario announces skills training funding for Windsor electricians

WINDSOR, ONT. - The Ontario government has announced it will spend $9 million to...

Government , Labour September 18, 2024

Atria appoints new VP of business development and labour relations

TORONTO—Atria Development Corporation has appointed Durval Terceira as vice-pres...

Labour September 13, 2024

Indigenous women take the lead on Kirkland Lake prefabricated housing factory project

An initiative to build a factory in Kirkland Lake to make prefabricated housing...

Infrastructure , Labour September 12, 2024

Labour shortage in construction among obstacles facing Ottawa’s housing plan: report

OTTAWA - A new report by Desjardins warns Ottawa's efforts to kickstart new hous...

Government , Labour September 12, 2024

Steelworkers praise steel, EV tariffs on China

TORONTO - The United Steelworkers union (USW) has released a statement praising...

Economic , Labour September 10, 2024

Brantford bridge replacement approved, going to tender

Brantford city councillors have approved an additional $1.5 million to replace t...

Infrastructure , Labour September 9, 2024

Carpenters’ march in Toronto Labour Day Parade

TORONTO—Union members from Carpenters’ Local 27, the Drywall Acoustic Lathing an...

Labour September 5, 2024

Construction underway on Sentinel Apartments by Big-D Midwest

 ST. PAUL, MN - Big-D Construction Midwest recently started construction on a 30...

Labour September 5, 2024

Hamilton trades march as CLC launches campaign

The weather was perfect and the mood celebratory as the Hamilton and District La...

Labour September 5, 2024

Canadian construction spared in TFW crackdown

Canada’s construction sector was spared as the federal Liberal government announ...

Government , Labour August 29, 2024

Stakeholders spar: What’s to blame for declining homebuilding productivity?

Two recently published articles on homebuilding productivity in Canada, one buil...

Labour August 27, 2024

Shipyard sector receives funding to train and upskill workers

ST. CATHARINES, ONT. — Ontario Shipyards Inc. is receiving $10 million from the...

Government , Labour August 26, 2024

Labour board orders rail workers back on the job, as Teamsters vow to appeal

OTTAWA - The federal labour board has ordered thousands of rail employees back t...

Government , Labour August 24, 2024

Avison Young outlines consequences of rail strike

TORONTO - Real estate adviser Avison Young has issued a statement warning about...

Government , Labour August 23, 2024

Teamsters take down picket lines at CN, stoppage continues at CPKC

OTTAWA — The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference says it has taken down picket line...

Labour August 23, 2024

Skills Council, Mohawk launch skills development partnership

OTTAWA — The Skills Council of Canada and Mohawk College have announced a new pa...

Labour August 23, 2024

Your top DCN headlines: Aug. 19 to 23

Your top DCN headlines this week cover news July’s flash floods in Toronto and s...

Infrastructure , Labour , Projects , Resource August 23, 2024

‘Impacts cannot be understated’: Ottawa intervenes to get railways moving again

Ottawa ordered up binding arbitration Thursday to get freight trains moving agai...

Government , Labour August 22, 2024

National rail shutdown begins as employees locked out at both major Canadian railways

MONTREAL — In a first for Canada, freight traffic on its two largest railways ha...

Economic , Labour August 22, 2024

Legault announces six-month freeze on some temporary foreign workers in Montreal

MONTREAL — Quebec Premier François Legault is announcing a six-month freeze on c...

Government , Labour August 21, 2024

Railway shutdown would be ‘devastating’ for small businesses: CFIB

MONTREAL — A potential work stoppage at Canada's two major railways this week wo...

Economic , Labour August 21, 2024

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