The region’s next generation of manufacturing professionals were recognized at a special event Thursday evening.
The southwestern Ontario Branch of Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters held its 28th annual Scholarship and Awards Recognition Night at RBC Place in London, Ont., its first in-person scholarship night since before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ten Students from Western Engineering, Fanshawe College, Lambton College, and the Thames Valley and London District Catholic School Boards were honoured with scholarships totalling $20,000.
The scholarships reflect the greater emphasis on technical skills in the new Ontario high school curriculum, including a new mandatory technology education credit.
“I think we’re really just trying to promote the fact that manufacturing is a really diverse sector,” said Candace Campbell, the chair of the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters, southwestern Ontario. “There’s a tonne of different job opportunities, and really trying to support the students that are pursuing this path, and trying to encourage other students to take the same path.”
In an effort to level the playing field for young people, in the 2024 federal budget, the government is targeting Canada's highest earners with new taxes in order to help offset billions in new spending to enhance the country's housing supply and social supports.
Five thousand public service jobs will be cut over the next four years, while underused federal office buildings, Canada Post properties and the National Defence Medical Centre in Ottawa could be turned into new housing units, as the federal government looks to find billions of dollars in savings and boost the country's housing portfolio.
With a variety of fiscal and policy measures announced in the federal budget, winners include small businesses and fintech companies while losers include the tobacco industry and Canadian pension funds.
From plans to boost new housing stock, encourage small businesses, and increase taxes on Canada’s top-earners, CTVNews.ca has sifted through the 416-page budget to find out what will make the biggest difference to your pocketbook.
Police say that arrests have been made in connection with a $20-million gold heist at Toronto Pearson International Airport one year ago.
Three teenagers were arrested in connection with a pair of alleged hazing incidents on a Manitoba hockey team, police say.
Phonebooks have been in circulation since the 19th century. These days, in this high-tech digital world, if someone needs a phone number, 'I Google,' said Bridgewater, N.S. resident Wayne Desouza.
The Liberals are proposing new charges for the use of violence while stealing a vehicle and for links to organized crime, as well as laundering money for the benefit of a criminal organization.
The federal government is providing up to $5 billion in loan guarantees to help Indigenous communities invest in natural resource and energy products. But when it comes to a promise to close what advocates say is a sprawling Indigenous infrastructure gap, Ottawa is short more than $420 billion.
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