Essar is the second major Ontario steel producer on the block in a battered steel industry. ...
Category: Jobs and Employment
Heard: Natural resources ministry to offer 2,000 summer jobs
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Glut feared in Ontario labour market as jobless Albertans head east
As unemployment rises sharply in Alberta while Ontario add jobs, skilled tradespeople are expected to move to where the work is. But the Ontario Trades Council, for one, warns Ontario's supply of labour could outstrip de ...
Ontario the bright spot in Canada, adding 20,000 jobs in January
Ontario was the only province to post a net job gain in January; Alberta, meanwhile, has seen its unemployment rate rise above the national average for the first time since 1988. ...
Heard: ONA says 1,200 nurses have lost jobs in last year
The government has frozen hospital budgets for four years while restructuring the health care system to reduce expensive hospital services and provide more home care. ...
TransCanada signs deal to supply Energy East pipeline, add 210 jobs in Quebec
The deal with ABB to build electrical equipment for the pipeline project comes after TransCanada signed a deal with GE Canada in late 2014 to supply motors for the pipeline, adding 250 jobs in Ontario ...
Happening: Province grants $1 million to Leamington food processor
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Labour minister announces PTSD strategy, hints at future legislation
A bill is in the works to provide better PTSD treatment for first responders, but Labour Minister Kevin Flynn stopped short of outlining exactly how the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act will be amended. ...
Heard: NDP labour critic presses Wynne to examine Goodwill shutdown
Cindy Forster calls the situation 'alarming," meets with some of the 430 affected workers in an effort to reverse company's closure. ...
Ontario business confidence drops to five-year low, Chamber of Commerce says
Emerging Stronger report finds that only 30 per cent of businesses are confident in Ontario’s economy, compared to 47 per cent in 2012. ...