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Building permit values rise in January Statistics Canada’s most recent report on the value of building permits issued by municipalities across the country shows a bright start to 2020.

Construction employment contracts in February Employment in construction dropped by 7,900 jobs, or about 0.5 percent, in February.

Breaking news: CCA cancels annual conference Concerns over the further spread of coronavirus have forced the Canadian Construction Association (CCA) to cancel its annual convention and business meetings later this month.

Groves Memorial Community Hospital substantially complete Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and Groves Memorial Community Hospital (GMCH) announced on February 27 that the construction of the new hospital in Aboyne, Ontario has reached substantial completion.

Lost in transition The correct application of the transition provisions in Ontario's new Construction Act has, in certain circumstances, stimulated robust debate and perhaps a little confusion. One such circumstance respects the construction of improvements on premises subject to leasehold interests. There is a certain silence in the Construction Act's transition provisions surrounding leaseholds that may leave some wondering whether the new act or the old Construction Lien Actapplies to their leasehold constructi

Skills Ontario Competition scheduled for May 4–6 The countdown is officially on.

We need more women in the trades The Honourable Jill Dunlop is Ontario’s Associate Minister of Children and Women’s Issues, and the MPP for Simcoe North. The Honourable Monte McNaughton is Ontario’s Minister of Labour, Training and Skills Development, and the MPP for Lambton, Kent, Middlesex.

EllisDon to become 100-percent employee owned EllisDon announced on March 2 that it will transfer all of the company’s equity to its employees. The decision means that the company, which provides more than $5 billion in construction services annually, will eventually become entirely employee-owned.

OCS reports greater optimism among contractors The Ontario Construction Secretariat released the result of its annual Contractor Survey at its State of the Industry & Outlook Conference on March 5.

OPG, PCL and EPCOR sign MOUs to help build northern infrastructure The Minawshyn Development Corporation (MDC) and Enterprise Canada announced on March 2 that the groups had entered into memoranda of understanding with three companies to help develop community-based infrastructure projects with nine First Nations communities in northern Ontario.