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GRT opens new bus maintenance facility
With space for 200 buses, the 305,000-square-foot facility can house larger capacity, articulated buses, which will help as the transit operator expands service frequency and services into new areas and communities within the region.
Construction starts on Wallace Emerson community project in Toronto
The project calls for the doubling in size of the current recreation centre – to around 89,500 square feet – with a new, larger child-care centre, and various recreation amenities.
Toronto home builder fined $50,000 for 2019 fatality
Goldentrust Development Inc. pled guilty to violations of the Occupational Health and Safety Act for its role in an incident that led to a worker’s death.
Contractor, supervisor fined for 2020 site fall
A Port-Carling based contractor and a supervisor from a roofing company have been fined for their roles in a 2020 construction site accident.
WSIB, CCHOS make appointments
The WSIB has named a new chair of its Health and Safety Committee, while the federal labour minister has named four new appointments and one re-appointment to the CCOHS’s council of governors.