The government is aiming to fast-track the construction of new long-term care beds before August 31, 2023.

With a cost estimate of $4.38 billion, remediation of the Giant Mine, one of the most contaminated sites in Canada, is also expected to be the most expensive federal environmental cleanup in the country's history.

The province hopes an investment of $4.8 million will create opportunities for an additional 2,200 students to earn college credits and take apprenticeship training while still in high school.

Construction continues to grapple with labour force challenges, even as the calendar turns to the fourth quarter of the year, when workloads conventionally slow.

Statistics Canada says the number of job vacancies was up 3.8 per cent in September at 994,800.