OCOT shifting focus to promotion of trades
OCOT shifting focus to promotion of trades
Ontario College of Trades (OCOT) registrar and CEO George Gritziotis says after five years in existence it’s time for OCOT to finally start making progress on the full range of responsibilities within its mandate and get past some of the controversial reg...
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Reimagining buildings leads to smarter outcomes: Healthy Buildings speaker
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Oshawa named a Top 10 Intelligent Community
OSHAWA, ONT. — The City of Oshawa has been included in the Intelligent Community...
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PHOTO: Condos on Yorkville
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U.S. energy chief: sanctions possible on new Russia pipeline
MOSCOW — The United States could impose sanctions on a new Russia-Germany gas pi...
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Study: Post Maria contracts go to mainland, not Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO — A study published recently found that the bulk of federa...
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PCL Toronto opens ‘office for the future’ in Oakville
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Reimagining buildings leads to smarter outcomes: Healthy Buildings speaker
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OCOT shifting focus to promotion of trades
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Top 10 largest construction project starts in Canada and Trend Graph – September 2018
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Construction worker killed by minivan on Milton Main Street
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Nalcor sends 500 workers home from main contractor at Labrador hydro project
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador's Crown-owned utility says it has d...
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Canada open to growing trade with China now that USMCA is a done deal: PM
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Government
U.S. employers post record number of open jobs in August
WASHINGTON — U.S. employers posted the most jobs in two decades in August, and h...
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Federal infrastructure survey reveals paucity of new affordable housing
OTTAWA — The second instalment of Infrastructure Canada’s inventory of the natio...
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Yorkdale mall earns first Parksmart certification
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Construction of heritage museum, cannabis dispensary begins in Cobourg
COBOURG, ONT. — FSD Pharma Inc. recently announced construction is underway on a...
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After mounting complaints, MLSE moves to upgrade BMO Field playing surface
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Cansel acquires Ontario and Alberta business of Trenchless
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PHOTO: Knockin’ It Down
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Building Trades convention targets diversity, safety and unity
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Laurentian campus build brings engineering under one roof
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Worker dies from fall at Oakville construction site
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HHCA, business allies issue pro-LRT statement days before municipal election
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New Alaska ferry launches at Ketchikan Shipyard
KETCHIKAN, ALASKA — The construction of the second of two new Alaska state ferri...
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September home sales fell 0.4 per cent compared with August: CREA
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Automated cars could kill wide range of jobs, federal documents say
OTTAWA — More than one million jobs could be lost to the coming boom in automate...
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Design-build award winners honoured for project delivery excellence
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Michael’s destruction reveals Florida region’s weaker building codes
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$1.2B Toronto hospital to merge nature, health care
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