Building Dreams in the Construction Trades
For Cole Walker, a grade 11 student at Breton Education Centre (BEC), he’s not yet sure of the exact path he’ll follow, but there is one thing he knows for certain; his future looks very similar to his Papa’s thanks to an inspiring six months of learning in a skilled trades class, taught by one passionate professor and a community of tradespeople.
Skilled labour needed: Open house aims to attract more people to contracting jobs in Cape Breton
Source: Saltwire: Being able to stay home and work in a good job meant everything to Alexis Lynk. The first female sheet metal apprentice to work in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Lynk decided to try the trade because it provides a stable career.
Milestone week for $1 billion Cape Breton healthcare project
Source: Saltwire – Construction has now begun on a new eight-storey clinical services building at the Cape Breton Regional Hospital that will be home to new emergency and critical care departments, eight new surgical suites, two, 36-bed in-patient rooms (all private), maternal/newborn services and a cardiac catheterization lab.
Skilled trades industry fosters rewarding careers for women
Source: SaltWire – There has never been a better time for women to pursue a career in the skilled trades. With over 70 skilled trade occupations in Nova Scotia to choose from and a high demand for trades professionals, there are many excellent employment opportunities available.
Take a virtual walk-through of the new Cape Breton Cancer Centre
Source: Nova Scotia Health: A new Cape Breton Cancer Centre is under construction at Cape Breton Regional Hospital in Sydney and you can take a virtual tour.
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Program Seeing Success in CBRM
Robyn Lee Seale is working to ensure the CBRM Health Care Redevelopment Project is about more than buildings.
Cape Breton hospital expansion makes Top 100 projects list
From Saltwire: The multi-million-dollar Cape Breton Regional Hospital expansion has made the annual Top100 Projects report published by ReNew Canada Magazine.
Cape Breton Regional Hospital Expansion makes list of the Top 100: Canada’s Biggest Infrastructure Projects
From Top 100 Canada’s Biggest Infrastructure Projects: The Cape Breton Regional Hospital Expansion project ranks 80 out of 100. The project—a major component of the CBRM Healthcare Redevelopment Project—a new Clinical Services Building that will house a new, larger emergency department, critical care department, more inpatient beds, surgical suites, maternal/newborn services, and a new cardiac catheterization lab, and a new Energy Centre.