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June 19, 2013

Consulting engineers gathering in Lake Louise, Alberta

Consulting engineers from across Canada are gathering for their annual general meeting in Alberta to network and discuss the most important opportunities and challenges facing their business today and in the future.

June 17, 2013

Federal project apprentices discussed

Improved employer apprenticeship tax credits and a better understanding of the national apprenticeship landscape are essential, say industry stakeholders, if the federal government intends to promote apprentice use on federal projects.

June 17, 2013

Industrial headquarters opens in Nisku, Alta.

PCL has completed construction of a new $10 million industrial headquarters in Nisku, Alberta, which is a manufacturing operation that produces modules for oil and gas, oilsands, mining, and electricity generation projects in western Canada.

June 17, 2013

Sprinkler fitters reach agreement after strike

The union representing sprinkler fitters in Manitoba has reached an agreement with the Canadian Automatic Sprinkler Association (CASA) on a new three-year contract, after a seven day strike over worker retention and higher wages.

June 12, 2013

Showing Their Skills

The Skills Canada National Competition is a multi-trade and technology competition for young students and apprentices from across the country.

June 12, 2013

Journal of Commerce Update for the week of June 17th, 2013

In this week's update, we look at some of the stories we'll be covering in the Journal of Commerce for the week of June 17th, 2013.

June 10, 2013

Apprenticeship report gets mixed reaction

Some provincial leaders of trades governing bodies are calling a recent report, that says restricting the rate of apprentice entry acts as a barrier to entry into the trades, "food for thought."

June 10, 2013

Industry throws support behind Buildforce Canada

A group of construction industry leaders from across the country have rescued the Construction Sector Council (CSC) by forming a new national organization called BuildForce Canada, in response to federal government cutbacks.

June 10, 2013

B.C. on right track with apprentices

Critics of British Columbia's training system for the skilled trades need to take a hard look at a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute.

June 5, 2013

Canada Job Grant details taking shape

The Canadian Construction Association (CCA) is engaged in discussions with the federal government about the Canada Job Grant in order to help ensure this new program is successful.

June 5, 2013

Foreign worker reforms raise concern

The Canadian Construction Association (CCA) is concerned about changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) program, especially in Alberta where the new policy is being implemented without consideration of its unique labour market conditions.

June 5, 2013

PHOTO GALLERY: Skills Canada National Competition at BC Place

The Skills Canada National Competition is a multi-trade and technology competition for young students and apprentices from across the country. Every year, the event brings together over 500 young people from all regions of Canada, along with their parents and advisors, to compete in over 40 trade and technology areas.

June 5, 2013

Orders and fines could increase safety

For many years, the Council of Construction Associations (COCA) has been lobbying for a balanced system of occupational health & safety (OH&S).

June 3, 2013

New regulations intended to protect Manitoba flaggers

Holding a sign on the side of a highway at a construction site can be a dangerous job. Last August, flagger Ashley Richard was struck and killed by a car near Weyburn, Saskatchewan on her first day on the job.

June 3, 2013

Heavy equipment operator program changes

The Heavy Equipment Operator (HEO) Program, which has been running for a number of years through the B.C. Road Builders and Heavy Construction Association, is undergoing several modifications for the civil construction industry.

May 29, 2013

RBC adopts new code of conduct after foreign worker controversy

The United Steelworkers (USW) and the B.C. Federation of Labour are applauding the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) for implementing a new policy that restricts the use of Temporary Foreign Workers (TFWs).

May 29, 2013

D-Day demo fleet played key role

The Allied invasion of Normandy on D-Day remains one of the signature battles of the Second World War and one in which 14,000 Canadians landing on Juno Beach played a critical role.

May 27, 2013

Dire prediction

The association representing Canada's mortgage industry is warning that new-home construction will drop dramatically within the next two years, resulting in a loss of about 80,000 construction and related jobs by mid-2015.

May 27, 2013

Ruling vindicates company that hired Chinese workers

A Vancouver company has upheld its right to import hundreds of foreign workers for the construction of a proposed coal mine in northeastern B.C., after a legal challenge by two unions to block this process was dismissed by a Federal Court judge.

May 22, 2013

Festival of Architecture hits Halifax

Architects from across Canada are poised to converge in Halifax June 5 to 8 for this year's Festival of Architecture.

May 22, 2013

Hiring of foreign workers for hospital project outrages union

A construction union leader is accusing an Edmonton-based contractor of importing foreign workers to a hospital jobsite in Winnipeg without meeting the federal government's requirements to advertise in the local market and ensuring to Canadians are available to do the work.