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Black History Month: Celebrating leadership and legacy

Black History Month: Celebrating leadership and legacy
Every February Canadians celebrate Black History Month with a variety of events that acknowledge both the contributions of Black people past and present but also with an eye to the future. This year’s theme is Black Legacy and Leadership: Celebrating Can...
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Industry Perspectives Op-Ed: A lesser-known trade
Working in the trades can provide a life of adventure and excitement along with...
Labour

Winnipeg °µÍø½ûÇøion Association reiterates urgent need to reinstate 2:1 apprenticeship ratio
The Winnipeg °µÍø½ûÇøion Association (WCA) wants Manitoba to reinstate a 2:1 ap...
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Alberta celebrates WorldSkills competitors
EDMONTON — Six competitors from Alberta who represented Canada at the 47th World...
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Black History Month: Celebrating leadership and legacy
Every February Canadians celebrate Black History Month with a variety of events...
Labour

Industry Perspectives Op-Ed: A lesser-known trade
Working in the trades can provide a life of adventure and excitement along with...
Labour

Winnipeg °µÍø½ûÇøion Association reiterates urgent need to reinstate 2:1 apprenticeship ratio
The Winnipeg °µÍø½ûÇøion Association (WCA) wants Manitoba to reinstate a 2:1 ap...
Labour

Alberta celebrates WorldSkills competitors
EDMONTON — Six competitors from Alberta who represented Canada at the 47th World...
Labour

Saskatchewan high school students now have more oil and gas industry opportunities
REGINA — The Saskatchewan government is reporting three additional energy compan...
Labour

Industry, labour groups form council to tackle impending tariffs
OTTAWA — Although Canadian politicians are in the thick of coming up with plans...
Labour

‘Stay with B.C.’: New campaign flips script on ‘Alberta is Calling’
VANCOUVER – The Business Council of British Columbia (BCBC) is delivering its la...
Labour

Students driving wood innovation: Your 2024 Catherine Lalonde Memorial Scholarship winners
OTTAWA — The Canadian Wood Council (CWC) has announced the recipients of the 202...
Labour

Manitoba construction council teaching small-med contractors sky skills
The Manitoba °µÍø½ûÇøion Sector Council (MCSC) is teaching small and medium-siz...
Labour

Union in B.C. port dispute seeks judicial review of federal back-to-work order
VANCOUVER — The union representing British Columbia port supervisors in a disput...
Labour

Alberta provides $1.5M to Trade Winds to Success for skilled trades training
EDMONTON — The Alberta government is giving more than $1.5 million over three ye...
Labour

Industry divided: Manitoba apprentice ratio change lambasted by some, embraced by others
Regulatory changes that came into effect recently and restored the 1:1 apprentic...
Labour

Industry Perspectives Op-Ed: Canadians are changing their minds about the skilled trades
Canadian perceptions around skilled trades careers are shifting. Both university...
Labour

Driving home a message: Women concrete truck drivers on the rise across Ontario
According to polling conducted by Concrete Ontario of its members, there are now...
Labour

CCA announces launch of ‘Honour the Work’ for students
CALGARY, ALTA. — The Calgary °µÍø½ûÇøion Association (CCA) has officially launc...
Associations , Labour

UBC on receiving end of $9M to help 1,500 construction workers with certification
OTTAWA — The Government of Canada has announced it is investing in 1,500 interna...
Government , Labour

Union says it will challenge Ottawa’s intervention in B.C. port work stoppages
OTTAWA — The union representing locked-out port workers in British Columbia is p...
Government , Labour

‘Do the work’: Ottawa urges both sides in B.C. port dispute to restart talks
VANCOUVER — The federal government is urging both sides in the British Columbia...
Government , Labour

Port employers ‘refusing to bargain,’ cut off talks in less than an hour: Union
VANCOUVER — The union for locked-out port workers in British Columbia says the B...
Labour

Industry Perspectives Op-Ed: Sowing the seeds of Alberta’s skilled trades future
Alberta is the fastest-growing province in Canada and its construction worksites...
Labour

H2H honours veterans, highlights resources for second career
OTTAWA — In recognition of Remembrance Day, Helmets to Hardhats (H2H) is honouri...
Labour

Sides in B.C. port dispute to meet in bid to end lockout after talk with minister
VANCOUVER — Employers and the union representing supervisors embroiled in a labo...
Labour

Your top JOC headlines: Nov. 4 to 8
Your top JOC headlines this week feature news construction is slated to start on...
Economic , Government , Infrastructure , Labour

No talks scheduled in standoff between employers, union in B.C. port lockout
VANCOUVER — British Columbia port employers say they may be "required to reasses...
Labour

Trucking, construction expect ‘labour crisis’ with new temporary worker rules
OTTAWA — Dominique Lamothe said the trucking firm she works for will be in troub...
Government , Labour

Business groups say B.C. port stoppage will hurt companies, Canadian economy
VANCOUVER — Business groups say the work stoppage at B.C. ports is the latest in...
Economic , Labour

B.C. port lockout to begin as no deal reached in labour dispute with foremen union
VANCOUVER — The provincewide lockout against a union of more than 700 foremen at...
Labour

Strickland outlines ‘game-changing’ wage requirements in new tax credits regime
A proposed new wave of green technology projects that could soon be launched acr...
Government , Labour

Manitoba restores 1:1 apprenticeship ratio
WINNIPEG – Regulatory changes that restore the 1:1 apprentice-to-journeyperson r...
Labour

BuildForce’s Ferreira sees immigration, retirements and shifting activity as prime industry drivers
A labour force expert sees shifting levels of construction activity across provi...
Associations , Labour

People and flexibility keystones of new work culture: ICBA panel
Vancouver construction leaders assembled at the Independent Contractors and Busi...
Associations , Labour

International Day of the Girl Child: A Women’s Work flagship training centre looks to the future of the trades
October 11 is International Day of the Girl Child, a day dedicated to ce...
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Threat of US-Canada Trade War Remains – Legendary Canadian Economist Weighs In
On Monday, February 3rd, President Trump said that he would postpone taking extr...
Economic

Federal government commits more than $160 million to Jasper recovery
JASPER, ALTA. — The fire-ravaged town of Jasper, Alta., has received two pieces...
Projects

Talk of changing Vancouver’s supportive housing policy has organizations on edge
VANCOUVER — A proposal by Vancouver's mayor to halt new supportive housing proje...
Government

Vancouver real estate market shifting as more sellers enter market, January sales up
VANCOUVER — The number of homes that changed hands in the Vancouver area rose ag...
Economic

Trade surplus with U.S. widened in December but down overall in 2024: StatCan
OTTAWA — Canada's trade surplus with the U.S. widened in December as overall exp...
Economic

CMHC predicts home sales, prices to rebound in 2025, but tariff threat clouds outlook
OTTAWA — Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. is forecasting a rebound in home sale...
Economic

Vancouver Art Gallery issues ‘invite’-based RFP to Canadian-based architects for new building
VANCOUVER — After deciding late last year it was not going ahead with a planned...
Projects

B.C. fast-tracking 18 mining and energy projects in face of U.S. tariff threat
VICTORIA — The British Columbia government has released a list of 18 critical mi...