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Building Builders mentorship program opens in B.C.
Building Builders mentorship program opens in B.C.
VICTORIA – The Building Builders mentorship program is officially open. The British Columbia Construction Association (BCCA) program is designed to connect unemployed and underemployed workers in British Columbia with experienced mentors across all disci...
Associations , Labour
Gender Equality Week: The role construction plays
OTTAWA - Gender Equality Week runs until Sept. 24 and is meant to highlight the...
Associations , Government , Infrastructure , Labour , OH&S
Industry Perspectives Op-Ed: Governments must get serious about the skills gap
Governments of all levels and political stripes have concluded that to have a fu...
Government , Labour
B.C. government funds project to connect Indigenous youth to building maintenance training
NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. – The Government of British Columbia has created a Communi...
Government , Labour
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Building Builders mentorship program opens in B.C.
VICTORIA – The Building Builders mentorship program is officially open. The Bri...
Associations , Labour
Gender Equality Week: The role construction plays
OTTAWA - Gender Equality Week runs until Sept. 24 and is meant to highlight the...
Associations , Government , Infrastructure , Labour , OH&S
Industry Perspectives Op-Ed: Governments must get serious about the skills gap
Governments of all levels and political stripes have concluded that to have a fu...
Government , Labour
B.C. government funds project to connect Indigenous youth to building maintenance training
NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. – The Government of British Columbia has created a Communi...
Government , Labour
Manitoba launches public engagement on apprenticeship improvements
WINNIPEG – The Government of Manitoba is inviting the public to participate in t...
Government , Labour
Industry Perspectives Op-Ed: Veterans in the skilled trades, an underexplored population
Canada has maintained a long and wavering relationship with Canadian Armed Force...
Government , Labour
Industry Perspectives Op-Ed: Advancing the interests of labour works for all of society
Happy Labour Day everyone. Whatever your plans are for this last long weekend o...
Labour
Your top JOC headlines: Aug. 29 to Sept. 2
Your top JOC headlines this week feature news the BCCA will be helping to guide...
Associations , Government , Infrastructure , Labour
BCCA ready to guide new multimillion-dollar federal apprenticeship initiative
British Columbia’s employers in the skilled trades are getting a multimillion-do...
Associations , Labour
On-demand work portal wants to give workers a ‘first step’ into industry
A new Calgary-based company is giving employers and those looking for their firs...
Labour
Federal government announces $21M in apprenticeship funding for BCCA program
VICTORIA - The Government of Canada is putting $21 million in funding towards th...
Government , Labour
LIUNA and BC Metis Federation sign partnership agreement
VANCOUVER – The BC Métis Federation (BCMF) has signed a new partnership agreemen...
Labour
WorkSafeBC amends refusal of unsafe work rules
VANCOUVER - WorkSafeBC has made amendments to the Occupational Health and Safety...
Government , Labour , OH&S
Your top JOC headlines: Aug. 15 to 19
Your top JOC headlines this week cover news Keyera and CN are examining the poss...
Economic , Infrastructure , Labour , Resource
Construction retirements coming right on cue, Ferreira says
Eyebrows were raised when the recently released July employment report from Stat...
Labour
Premier Jason Kenney kicks off campaign to attract skilled workers to Alberta
CALGARY, ALTA. - Premier Jason Kenney kicked off a campaign to lure skilled work...
Government , Labour
Construction changed my life – Russell Hixson reflects on time at JOC
Eight years ago, I began reporting for the Journal of Commerce (JOC). While it...
Labour
SWIT launching program to give tradeswomen the tools to succeed
Supporting Women in Trades (SWIT) is launching a National Leadership Development...
Labour
West Fraser cuts production, mill shifts in B.C. for loss of 147 jobs
VANCOUVER - West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. says it is cutting a shift at three B.C....
Economic , Labour
IUOE’s Gallagher urges swift decision on Nuvavut mine
OAKVILLE, ONT — Local 793 of the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUO...
Labour , Resource
Trades instructor spearheads audio textbook project for struggling students
A trades instructor in B.C. is on a mission to transform education so it doesn’t...
Labour
Alberta addresses worker shortages with employee loan program
A new pilot project in Alberta is looking to help retain workers in smaller comm...
Associations , Labour
Minimum construction wage rising in Manitoba
WINNIPEG — Construction wages in Manitoba are going up. The province announced...
Government , Labour
Alberta pilot project connects workers with employers
With a massive worker deficit around the corner, the Alberta construction sector...
Economic , Labour
First anniversary of Kelowna, B.C., crane collapse marked by memorial, investigations
KELOWNA, B.C. - RCMP in Kelowna, B.C., have released a statement marking the fir...
Government , Labour , OH&S
Inuit women test out the tools in three-week course
For many of the Inuit women taking a three-week course in Pangnirtung, Nunavut o...
Labour
Ford to raise labour issues at premiers’ meeting in hope of pressing feds
TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford is planning to raise immigration and skilled...
Government , Labour
Your top JOC headlines: July 4 to 8
Your top JOC headlines this week cover news cost increases are going to delay a...
Economic , Infrastructure , Labour , OH&S
Port of Vancouver truckers warn of strike over changes to upcoming ban on older rigs
VANCOUVER - The United Truckers Association says its members have voted unanimou...
Economic , Labour
Alberta proclaims Skilled Trades and Apprenticeship Education Act
EDMONTON – The Alberta Skilled Trades and Apprenticeship Education Act has been...
Government , Labour
Work ethic, knowledge and experience, not gender, measures true value: Moghani
Promoted to project manager by EllisDon in 2021, Pegah Moghani has always been i...
Labour
Mitchell’s ‘dynamic capacity’ to drive change honoured by OAA
Named in honour of its 2005 president, the Ontario Association of Architects’ G....
Labour
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VIU Nanaimo campus to build $87.8M mass timber student housing
NANAIMO, B.C. – The Province of British Columbia is putting $87 million towards...
Projects
VIU mass-timber building innovates while adding to wood construction push
A new mass-timber project is both a first for Vancouver Island University (VIU)...
Projects
City of Calgary partners with U of C on downtown revitalization
CALGARY, ALTA. – The City of Calgary is investing $350,000 in the University of...
Government , Infrastructure
Massive Surrey hospital project is first step to digital future for Fraser Health
A U.K. consultancy is building a digital replica of a huge Surrey, B.C. hospital...
Projects , Technology
Inside Innovation: Private REIT taps the CIB for multi-unit energy retrofit financing
The call has gone out from all levels of government for more affordable homes ac...
Technology
Leadership changes announced for PCL in Ottawa and Regina
PCL Construction has appointed Geoff Howe as a second district manager for PCL’s...
Economic
U.S. and Canadian Housing Starts Not Yet Humbled by Higher Interest Rates
In the U.S., the Federal Reserve has just raised its key policy setting interest...
Economic
Gender Equality Week: The role construction plays
OTTAWA - Gender Equality Week runs until Sept. 24 and is meant to highlight the...