Employers reported nearly 960,000 jobs opening at the end of the first quarter of this year, with construction employers looking to fill 81,500 open positions.

The Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups is calling on the WSIB to stop what it calls ‘unprecedented financial handouts to employers’ in the form of additional HSEP rebates announced earlier this month.

The development will see no on-site fossil fuel use, maximize on-site renewable electricity, and use low-carbon materials to create near net-zero greenhouse gas emissions.

The city’s $700-plus million construction program includes work on a variety of projects relating to roads, sewers, bridges and active transportation projects, as well as continuing work on the Stage 2 LRT project and the Ādisōke library project.

A new study shows Canadian employers are willing to hire workers without experience related to the job due to a tight labour market.