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Ottawa boosts skilled trades funding with $2 billion for provinces over five years
The federal government is investing an additional $2 billion over five years to help provinces and territories train more skilled trades workers, …
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Trade Winds campaign challenges Alberta construction firms to hire skilled Indigenous tradespeople
A new awareness campaign is urging Alberta’s construction industry to stop overlooking thousands of trained Indigenous tradespeople as the province faces its …
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Training & DevelopmentFeaturedGovernment Policy & Budgets
Okanagan College to add 256 trades training seats as part of B.C.’s Look West strategy
Okanagan College will add 256 new skilled-trades training seats in 2026-27 as part of the British Columbia government’s Look West strategy. The …
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Canada raises skills training, AI priorities at G7 labour meeting
Canada used a Group of Seven (G7) employment meeting in Switzerland to advance its priorities on skills training and artificial intelligence (AI), …
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Labour ShortagesFeatured
PCL Construction backs documentary series to attract youth to skilled trades
PCL Construction has signed on as lead sponsor of That Could Be Me, a documentary-style video series designed to encourage young Canadians …
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Training & DevelopmentFeaturedGovernment Policy & Budgets
Alberta spending $300,000 to expand youth skilled trades program
Alberta’s government will spend an additional $300,000 to expand BLUprint, a hands-on skilled trades learning program at the TELUS Spark Science Centre …
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Ontario adds 70,000 postsecondary seats in health care, STEM, trades
Ontario is spending $1.7 billion to fund 70,000 additional seats at publicly assisted colleges and universities in high-demand sectors including health care, …
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Training & DevelopmentFeaturedGovernment Policy & Budgets
New Brunswick funds program to move veterans into skilled trades
The New Brunswick government will provide $275,000 to Helmets to Hardhats Canada to train veterans, military members and their families for jobs …
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Government Policy & BudgetsFeaturedTraining & Development
Ontario opens skilled trades exam centre in Kenora
Apprentices in Northwestern Ontario can now write their skilled trades certification exams in Kenora, after the Ontario government opened a local testing …
