Tag: Local Business
Home, commercial building in London slowed as workers strike
Construction sites across London have been hit with work stoppages and slowdowns as workers strike during the busy spring building season. Home building has either stopped or slowed to a crawl on many job sites in the city as the Labourers’ International Union of North America (LiUNA) failed to reach a deal with construction companies. […]
London-area jobless rate hits lowest level in nearly three years
The unemployment rate in the London area dipped in April to one of its lowest levels in 16 years, signalling a complete bounce-back from the COVID-19 pandemic as thousands of jobs are going begging and many more are coming. The region’s jobless rate in April was 4.8 per cent, a big drop from 5.3 per […]
Long-skyrocketing London home-sale prices dropped in April. Here’s why
The average sale price of London-area homes fell by more than $50,000 in April, a month-over-month decline expected after two consecutive interest rate hikes and a tax hike, realtors say.
Training program plugs Indigenous youth into skilled trades career path
Ever since she first learned about skilled trades in high school, Taylor Riley knew she wanted to become an electrician. “I started leaning toward electrical when I took a Grade 9 course,” said the 23-year-old of Chippewas of the Thames First Nation and Oneida Nation of the Thames. “It was a big interest to me. […]
ANALYSIS: Ontario’s $1B skills training fund well-timed amid job bonanza
The province is investing in training workers and bettering their skills just as London and region will be hit with a massive demand for workers starting next year, area employment agencies say. The just-unveiled Ontario budget pledged $1 billion in new money for a host of programs aimed at getting more workers on the job, […]