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The Link2Build group publishes news and information about the Ontario construction industry daily. Check here for the latest in trends, developments and insight from a wide variety of contributors, and visit regularly for updated information.
Ontario businesses share in $3.2 million in HSEP rebates
The Workplace Safety & Insurance Board paid out more than $3.2 million in rebates to companies for their work in the Health and Safety Excellence Program in the first quarter of this year.
Restrictions on businesses, outdoor gatherings to loosen in Ontario on Friday
The government said pandemic health indicators have improved and COVID-19 vaccine uptake is high enough to begin lifting some restrictions ahead of schedule.
Ford thanks partners, volunteers for setting up Peel Hockey Hub vaccination centre
The vaccination site at Brampton’s CAA Centre can process thousands of vaccines daily. The initiative was put together with Bruce Power and Peel Region with the support of several construction organizations and dozens of industry volunteers.
WSIB opens applications for Health & Safety Leadership Awards
Applications are open through July 9. The awards celebrate those Ontario companies with 50 or fewer employees and who recorded health and safety successes in 2020.
Drug overdoses labelled as ‘The other pandemic’
A campaign launched yesterday by the Ontario Construction Consortium calls attention to the significant proportion of construction workers who died from drug overdoses in 2020, and calls for action to help save lives.