The Cape Breton Partnership is pleased to announce, together with our partners at the Nova Scotia Department of Labour and Advanced Education and WCB Nova Scotia, the recipients of the eighth annual Safety First in Cape Breton Awards. The recipients were recognized at the virtual Safety First in Cape Breton Symposium on June 3.
From Construction Pulse Magazine – A decade from now, Cape Breton Regional Municipality is going to look vastly different than it does today thanks to the billion-dollar construction boom that will transform communities throughout CBRM.
From ConstructConnect – With five major publicly funded construction projects in the works worth about $1 billion, Cape Breton Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia, and its population of roughly 95,000, is poised for a mini economic boom.
The Cape Breton Partnership is excited to announce new features in the recently launched Cape Breton Job Board. This tool is the first job board of its kind, made specifically for Cape Breton job-seekers and employers. The Job Board aims to support Cape Breton job-seekers and employers in their search to find the best-suited job opportunities and candidates on the Island and will help shape the future landscape of employment in in Cape Breton – Unama’ki.
The province is investing $10 million to support 25 communities through the Back to Work Community Partnership initiative so they can plan and deliver short-term programs aimed at helping people build skills and connect to the local workforce.
From BuildForce Canada – Construction and maintenance activity in Nova Scotia is expected to increase between 2021 and 2023, driven by strong and broad-based demand across the province’s residential and non-residential sectors. This is according to the latest labour market forecast data released today by BuildForce Canada.
From Cape Breton Post – Pen was put to paper on Tuesday morning to complete a historic agreement that will bring labour stability to Cape Breton’s construction industry over the next five years.
From Cape Breton Post – The provincial government has issued a tender for elevators for the Nova Scotia Community College Sydney Waterfront Campus development.
From Cape Breton Post – The provincial government has issued a trio of tenders for aspects of construction at the Nova Scotia Community College Sydney Waterfront Campus project.
From NS Buzz Online – A project that hopes to revitalize downtown Sydney is set to begin. The construction of the Nova Scotia Community College’s new campus in the heart of downtown Sydney will break ground this month.