PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — A prominent Prince Albert family has stepped forward with a major philanthropic contribution to the city’s newest recreational development, reinforcing long-standing ties to community building and volunteer leadership in the region. The City of Prince Albert has announced a $100,000 donation from the Dutchak family to the Play It Forward campaign, the fundraising effort backing the Lake Country Co-op Leisure Centre. The contribution will sponsor both the facility’s multipurpose room and boardroom—spaces expected to serve as year-round venues for meetings, celebrations, public programs, and community gatherings. City officials say the gift represents a meaningful investment in…
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SUDBURY — Ontario’s advanced manufacturing and critical minerals sectors received a major boost this week as global engineering firm Sandvik confirmed plans to invest more than $85 million in a new maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility in Greater Sudbury. The project, announced Friday, is expected to sustain 400 existing jobs and create more than 60 new positions, reinforcing Northern Ontario’s growing role in supplying next-generation technology for mining and other strategic industries. The announcement caps a week in which the province reported more than $1 billion in new investments across multiple sectors, totaling over 770 new jobs. For the…
TORONTO — After years of construction delays and mounting public scrutiny, Ontario has declared the Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail Transit line “substantially complete,” transferring control of the long-awaited transit corridor to the Toronto Transit Commission ahead of its planned opening in early 2026. The province announced Friday that independent engineers have verified the 19-kilometre Line 5 Eglinton is ready for service, marking the first time the full system has met all contractual requirements for safe and reliable operation. With the handoff to the TTC now underway, officials said the transit agency will finalize an opening date in the new year,…
SMITHS FALLS — Ontario has opened a new Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment (HART) Hub in Smiths Falls, marking the latest step in the province’s push to expand community-based mental-health and addictions services while addressing housing instability. The facility is one of 28 HART Hubs being rolled out across the province as part of a nearly $550-million investment announced earlier this year. The new hub, which begins delivering services on December 8, is designed as an integrated point of care for people experiencing homelessness, addiction, and mental-health challenges in Lanark County and surrounding regions. Operated in collaboration with Lanark, Leeds…
OTTAWA — Ontario is directing $162 million toward building two new schools and expanding another in the rapidly growing Ottawa region, the provincial government announced Friday, marking one of the largest recent capital investments in local education infrastructure. The funding forms part of a broader provincial plan to open or expand 12 schools across Ontario, supported by a 10-year, $23-billion commitment to build, renew and modernize educational facilities. The Ministry of Education says the investment is aimed at ensuring students have access to safe, contemporary learning environments designed to support long-term achievement. “By building and expanding schools across the province,…
TORONTO — Ontario has officially opened the long-anticipated Finch West Light Rail Transit (LRT) line, a major addition to Toronto’s transit network that provincial leaders say will ease gridlock, shorten commutes and connect tens of thousands of residents to jobs and services across the city’s northwest. Set to begin operations on December 7 under the Toronto Transit Commission, the new Line 6 Finch West stretches more than 10 kilometres along Finch Avenue West, linking Finch West Station on TTC Line 1 to Humber Polytechnic’s North Campus. The line features two stations and 16 stops, and is expected to move more…
Strong investment in power systems and clean-energy technologies pushed global energy employment to new highs last year, but widening labour shortages now threaten the sector’s momentum, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Friday in a new assessment of workforce trends. The World Energy Employment 2025 report shows that jobs in the energy sector grew 2.2% in 2024—nearly double the rate of global employment growth. Total energy employment reached 76 million people worldwide, an increase of more than five million compared with 2019. Over the past five years, the sector has accounted for 2.4% of all net new jobs created across…
MISSISSAUGA — Ontario’s agri-food sector is set for a significant boost as Lee Li Holdings Inc. commits more than $533 million to expand and modernize its manufacturing footprint in Mississauga, marking one of the province’s largest food-and-beverage investments this year. The project is expected to create 275 jobs and deepen Ontario’s role as a North American hub for beverage production and advanced packaging technology. The provincial government announced the investment Thursday, positioning it as a strategic win amid ongoing trade tensions and supply-chain disruptions. “Ontario has the best workers in the world, and we’re proud to support this state-of-the-art expansion…
Canada’s Abigail Strate continued her strong early-season form on Thursday, claiming a silver medal at the Ski Jumping World Cup large hill event in Wisla, Poland, with the best jump of the final round and one of the most composed performances of her career. Strate, 24, posted a combined 240.9 points over two jumps, securing her second World Cup silver in as many weeks and the seventh podium finish of her nine-year international career. The Calgarian now sits among the most consistent contenders on the women’s circuit in the lead-up to the 2026 Milano-Cortina Olympic Winter Games. “I’m so, so…
The U.S. dairy sector is urging Washington to take a firmer stance with Canada and Mexico as the countries prepare for the 2026 review of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). In testimony delivered Tuesday before the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) called for a more assertive approach to ensuring that the pact delivers the market access and regulatory certainty the industry expected when the agreement came into force. Shawna Morris, executive vice-president for trade policy and global affairs at both NMPF and USDEC, told USTR…