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Navigating the risks associated with cannabis impairment in safety-sensitive jobs, like construction. (Photo: AHPhotoswpg / iStock / Getty Images Plus via Getty Images) To assist employers, employees and the public navigate the complex issue of cannabis use and the workplace, the Canadian Centre of Recovery Excellence (CoRE) has released a new position paper, Cannabis in […]

The Ontario Line twin TBMs assembled at the manufacturing plant in Schwanau, Germany. (Photo courtesy of Metrolinx) Metrolinx has announced the launch of a naming contest for the tunnel boring machines (TBMs) that will be used on the new Ontario Line subway. Part of the province’s transit expansion plan, the line will bring 15 new

The Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) is hosting a free webinar on Global Lifting Awareness Day (GLAD) 2025 to reveal the findings of its State of the Lifting Industry survey. The webinar will take place at 11 a.m. (BST). The webinar will be led by LEEA CEO Ross Moloney and Matt Barber, the organization’s director

For the first time in both associations’ histories, the Ontario Road Builders’ Association (ORBA) and the Ontario Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (OSSGA) joined forces at Queen’s Park with a clear and pressing message: Ontario’s infrastructure goals are at risk without immediate support for the foundational industries that build and supply it. With the province

Wind turbine generating electricity over a blue sky. (CNW Group/Canada Infrastructure Bank) The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) and Elemental Energy have reached financial close on a $97 million loan to support a new wind energy project, Wedgeport Wind, located in Argyle, N.S. The project includes construction and installation of 12 Nordex seven-megawatt wind turbines with

For a second consecutive year, the 2025 CAA Worst Road in Ontario is Aberdeen Avenue in Hamilton. (CNW Group/CAA Worst Roads) Winning back-to-back is not something to be proud of when it comes to the 2025 CAA Worst Road in Ontario, but that’s a title that residents and other users of Aberdeen Avenue in Hamilton, Ont., will

Employment change by industry, May 2025. (Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey (3701), table 14-10-0355-01.) Canadian employment was little changed in May, with the economy adding just 8,800 workers overall, reports Statistics Canada in its most recent Labour Force Survey. Also flat was the employment rate, which held steady at 60.8 per cent. The unemployment