Month: July 2022

Local 793 member Steve Oliveira is on the job, digging for a sewer and watermain reconstruction in Brantford. The project is a complete restoration of St. Paul Avenue from Brant Avenue to St. George Street to serve the Brantford community better. General Contractor is Beech Infrastructure.

Local 793 member Steve Oliveira is on the job, digging for a sewer and watermain reconstruction in Brantford. The project is a complete restoration of St. Paul Avenue from Brant Avenue to St. George Street to serve the Brantford community better.

General Contractor is Beech Infrastructure.

Local 793 members Lyle (Chuck) Leffler (inside the cab) and apprentice Greg Arsenault are seen here working on new bridge construction over Schneider Creek near Bleams Road in Kitchener. Delayed several times, construction of the bridge is now making way with the hard work of Local 793 members. General contractor is Graham Brothers, and the […]

Local 793 members Lyle (Chuck) Leffler (inside the cab) and apprentice Greg Arsenault are seen here working on new bridge construction over Schneider Creek near Bleams Road in Kitchener. Delayed several times, construction of the bridge is now making way with the hard work of Local 793 members.

General contractor is Graham Brothers, and the equipment pictured is a Terex AC 500 all-terrain crane.

Today is Nunavut Day, which is marked yearly on July 9 to celebrate the anniversary of the Nunavut Act, which eventually led to the territory’s separation from the Northwest Territories. While Nunavut only came to be its own territory on April 1, 1999, the Nunavummiut choose to celebrate on July 9 because of the significance […]

Today is Nunavut Day, which is marked yearly on July 9 to celebrate the anniversary of the Nunavut Act, which eventually led to the territory’s separation from the Northwest Territories.

While Nunavut only came to be its own territory on April 1, 1999, the Nunavummiut choose to celebrate on July 9 because of the significance of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement, which was signed on the same day in 1993.

This Nunavut Day marks the 29th anniversary of the passing of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement. Let us celebrate together by acknowledging the significant cultural, social, and economic contributions of Nunavummiut to our country.

Join us in wishing our Nunavummiut Brothers and Sisters a very happy Nunavut Day!

You can’t beat Local 793 member Robert Scott’s view as he breaks ground on a new subdivision in Goderich. On this housing development project, Brother Scott enjoys the splendour of Lake Huron as it runs the gamut from winter wonderland (January 2021) to sunny shores (June 2022). Scott is working for Omega Contractors on this […]

You can’t beat Local 793 member Robert Scott’s view as he breaks ground on a new subdivision in Goderich.

On this housing development project, Brother Scott enjoys the splendour of Lake Huron as it runs the gamut from winter wonderland (January 2021) to sunny shores (June 2022).

Scott is working for Omega Contractors on this project, which plans to develop more than 300 homes on the shimmering coast.

Brother Mark Thomson (left in the photo below) shows apprentice Will Boulton the ropes in a Terex Demag 2800 lattice boom crawler crane. These two Local 793 members are working for Mammoet on a 26-Megawatt Data storage facility in North York. General contractor is Bird Construction. In the second picture, Thomson is lifting precast into […]

Brother Mark Thomson (left in the photo below) shows apprentice Will Boulton the ropes in a Terex Demag 2800 lattice boom crawler crane. These two Local 793 members are working for Mammoet on a 26-Megawatt Data storage facility in North York. General contractor is Bird Construction.

In the second picture, Thomson is lifting precast into place.

Bridge Busters, also known as JL McConnell, perform a bridge demolition at 16th Avenue and Hwy 404 in Richmond Hill for general contractor, Dufferin Construction. Local 793 members can be seen here picking up the pieces. Brother Jonathan Cunninghham moves concrete rubble in a John Deere 450D excavator (first picture) while Brother Shawn Collins removes […]

Bridge Busters, also known as JL McConnell, perform a bridge demolition at 16th Avenue and Hwy 404 in Richmond Hill for general contractor, Dufferin Construction.

Local 793 members can be seen here picking up the pieces. Brother Jonathan Cunninghham moves concrete rubble in a John Deere 450D excavator (first picture) while Brother Shawn Collins removes rebar in a Hitachi ZX 600 excavator.

Local 793 member Nelleyn Cepriaso stands in front of a Liebherr 904 rubber tire excavator at the site of Bird Construction’s light-rail transit (LRT) project in Kanata. Brother Cepriaso works for Aecon and his task on this day is to dig utility trenches. Once completed, the site pictured below will become a cold storage facility—a […]

Local 793 member Nelleyn Cepriaso stands in front of a Liebherr 904 rubber tire excavator at the site of Bird Construction’s light-rail transit (LRT) project in Kanata. Brother Cepriaso works for Aecon and his task on this day is to dig utility trenches.

Once completed, the site pictured below will become a cold storage facility—a place where the transit vehicles can be stowed away from inclement weather when not in use.

Ottawa plans to complete Stage 2 of its LRT expansion project by 2025 and will add approximately 44km of new rail to its system.

July 1 is a very special date for all Canadians, symbolizing our freedom and how we are blessed with all the great things that have happened to this amazing country of ours. The date marks the anniversary of the British North America Act of 1867, which consolidated the three territories of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, […]

July 1 is a very special date for all Canadians, symbolizing our freedom and how we are blessed with all the great things that have happened to this amazing country of ours.

The date marks the anniversary of the British North America Act of 1867, which consolidated the three territories of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and the Province of Canada into a single nation known as the Dominion of Canada.

The Act also divided the Province of Canada into Ontario and Quebec and included provisions for neighbouring colonies to join in the future. As you know, six provinces and three territories have joined since then.

The anniversary of Confederation became a statutory holiday in 1897 and was later known as Dominion Day. However, in the 60s most Canadians began referring to July 1 as Canada Day, and parliament officially adopted the name in 1982.

There are many ways to show your national pride on Canada Day. Get out and see one of our many parades, have a picnic, paint your face with the flag, or launch some fireworks! Whatever you choose to do, do it with true patriot love.