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Laws stress issue of due diligence (05/04)

One could have heard a pin drop when over 100 contractors and supervisors sat absorbed in a mock trial detailing the ramifications of a construction job gone sour.

Online trades training piloted in the North (05/04)

If the lack of skilled tradespeople is becoming a common refrain, then the home building industry is able to sing the chorus without a lyric sheet.

New laws reduce risk of environmental liability

Brownfield development along Parry Sound’s waterfront has been made a lot easier after multiple legislative changes by the Ontario government.

Financier finds niche in North

Company: Nexcap Finance Corporation Service : Equipment financing Phone : 705-677-9090 For many small resource-based companies in Northern Ontario, acquiring new equipment can sometimes be a challenge.

WSIB keeps close eye on West Nile virus (8/03)

The arrival of West Nile in Ontario has created another hazard for outside workers - the contracting of a potentially hazardous and sometimes deadly disease.

Housing starts exceeding CCA’s forecast (8/03)

The numbers are not official, but the Canadian Construction Association (CCA) is seeing some highly unexpected highs and lows this year in the construction industry.

Construction of province’s largest long-term care facility underway (8/03)

With a $34-million budget, the F.J. Davey home for the aged is expected to be one of the largest long-term care facility developments in the province. Construction of a new 370-bed long-term care facility in Sault Ste.

New developments spell prosperity for Thunder Bay (5/03)

A construction boom is underway in Thunder Bay.

Infrastructure paves way to opportunity (3/03)

Getting in and out of the remote First Nation of Slate Falls has been an expensive and challenging task for the people of the community over the years. It will all change by 2005.

Road to prosperity paved with provincial support

When a four-lane highway was extended into the Town of Huntsville 20 years ago, it evolved into more than an improved transportation link to Toronto, it became an economic lifeline.