Investments from the federal government and the Essex Terminal Railway will implement a project to increase warehouse capacity and speed up loading activities.

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.

The total value of building construction investment edged down by 0.2% in May, in part due to strikes across the unionized construction sector in Ontario.

A new round of fundraising has brought the sustainable-building company into rare territory.

The survey found that 96 percent of Canadians agree that Canada needs more skilled workers, while 76 percent said they would never pursue a career in the trades themselves.