Local 793 member Marissa Gilhooly is a surveyor with Teranorth Construction working on the $107 million Highway 11/17 four-laning project at Pearl, located halfway between Thunder Bay and Nipigon. The project is due for completion in 2026. Contractor: Teranorth Construction & Engineering
Local 793 member Marissa Gilhooly is a surveyor with Teranorth Construction working on the $107 million Highway 11/17 four-laning project at Pearl, located halfway between Thunder Bay and Nipigon. The project is due for completion in 2026.
OETIO’s mission to spread the word about the benefits of a career as an Operating Engineer continues in Windsor this week as the Level Up! Skilled Trades Career Fair makes a two-day stop at the LaSalle Event Centre. The event, which concludes tomorrow (Thursday), is part of a series of dynamic, multi-day careers fairs sponsored […]
OETIO’s mission to spread the word about the benefits of a career as an Operating Engineer continues in Windsor this week as the Level Up! Skilled Trades Career Fair makes a two-day stop at the LaSalle Event Centre.
The event, which concludes tomorrow (Thursday), is part of a series of dynamic, multi-day careers fairs sponsored by Ontario’s Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development that allows young people and jobseekers to explore opportunities within the trades.
Pictured representing Operating Engineers at the OETIO booth in Windsor are (from left) Mike Barons (Sarnia Business Rep), Ian Oncea (Windsor Business Rep), Carla St. Louis (OETIO Director of Indigenous Affairs and Marketing), Steve Booze (Southwest Ontario Supervisor), Paul Knight (Sarnia Business Rep), and Dave Pfaff (Windsor Business Rep).
OETIO’s next stop will be at the Western Fair District Agriplex in London from November 1-2.
L to R: Mike Barons (Sarnia Business Rep), Ian Oncea (Windsor Business Rep), Carla St. Louis (OETIO Director of Indigenous Affairs and Marketing), Steve Booze (Southwest Ontario Supervisor), Paul Knight (Sarnia Business Rep), and Dave Pfaff (Windsor Business Rep).
A memorial plaque honouring former Local 793 Executive Board member and Honourary Lifetime member Kenneth (Ken) Boyle was unveiled at the Sarnia YMCA (Jerry McCaw Family Centre) on Tuesday, October 24. Brother Boyle, who passed away on February 11, 2021, after a 50-year career that saw him work in the earthmoving and pipeline sectors before […]
A memorial plaque honouring former Local 793 Executive Board member and Honourary Lifetime member Kenneth (Ken) Boyle was unveiled at the Sarnia YMCA (Jerry McCaw Family Centre) on Tuesday, October 24.
Brother Boyle, who passed away on February 11, 2021, after a 50-year career that saw him work in the earthmoving and pipeline sectors before becoming a crane operator, took his personal fitness seriously and was a popular figure at his local YMCA, where he spent much of his free time.
After his death, Local 793’s Executive Board voted to donate $15,000 on behalf of members to the YMCA in Sarnia, with the money being used to ensure almost 100 children and seniors will be able to access a subsidized membership over the next five years.
Local 793 Business Manager Mike Gallagher shared some of his fondest memories of Ken at Tuesday’s ceremony, which was also attended by Ken’s brother and retired executive board member Bill, retired Southwest Ontario supervisor Bob McQueen, retired Sarnia business rep Vince Prout, current Southwest Ontario supervisor Steve Booze, and Sarnia business reps Mike Barons and Paul Knight.
The plaque honouring Brother Ken Boyle and his legacy will be affixed to the wall in the YMCA’s cycle training room, where he enjoyed so many happy hours.
Local 793 Business Manager Mike Gallagher shared some of his fondest memories of Ken Boyle at Tuesday’s ceremony.
The plaque honouring Brother Ken Boyle and his legacy will be affixed to the wall in the YMCA’s cycle training room, where he enjoyed so many happy hours.
Ken’s brother and retired executive board member, Bill Boyle.Local 793 Business Manager Mike Gallagher (centre) holds the plaque dedicated to the late Ken Boyle alongside Ken’s brother Bill (right) and Sarnia YMCA general manager Paul Skuza.Plaque dedicated to the late Ken Boyle.
Robert B. Somerville was contracted by Enbridge Pipelines to complete integrity digs on various diameter pipelines. Seen here are Local 793 members T.J. Harrison (backhoe operator) and Luke Zorad (apprentice) working on a series of digs in the Brockville area. Contractor: Robert B. Somerville Ltd.
Robert B. Somerville was contracted by Enbridge Pipelines to complete integrity digs on various diameter pipelines. Seen here are Local 793 members T.J. Harrison (backhoe operator) and Luke Zorad (apprentice) working on a series of digs in the Brockville area.
Contractor: Robert B. Somerville Ltd.
L to R: Brothers Luke Zorad (apprentice) and T.J. Harrison (backhoe operator).
The Ontario Building Trades Council had to find room for two new chairs to add to the executive board table that presided over the council’s 66th annual convention this month. The new faces at the executive table in Windsor during the Oct. 11 to 13 convention represented the International Union of Operating Engineers, which signed […]
The Ontario Building Trades Council had to find room for two new chairs to add to the executive board table that presided over the council’s 66th annual convention this month.
The new faces at the executive table in Windsor during the Oct. 11 to 13 convention represented the International Union of Operating Engineers, which signed on this summer after a 10-year absence, and LIUNA, which returned to the fold last December.
The unions become the 14th and 15th building trades on the council.
“Our members work very closely with the Labourers’ on most occasions and we prefer to have a good, friendly relationship with them,” Local 793 business manager Mike Gallagher said.
Hamilton is the next stop for OETIO and the Level Up! Skilled Trades Career Fairs, which is taking place at the First Ontario Centre on October 17-18, 2023. The Ontario-wide, multi-day event brings together the best in skilled trades professionals to help young people and jobseekers explore possibilities and learn why the skilled trades are […]
Hamilton is the next stop for OETIO and the Level Up! Skilled Trades Career Fairs, which is taking place at the First Ontario Centre on October 17-18, 2023. The Ontario-wide, multi-day event brings together the best in skilled trades professionals to help young people and jobseekers explore possibilities and learn why the skilled trades are an ideal career for people who are hard-working, hands-on, passionate, and committed to positively impacting society.
Seen in the photo below at the OETIO booth are (L to R) Virgil Nosè (South Central Ontario Area Supervisor), Carla St. Louis (OETIO Director of Indigenous Affairs and Marketing), Jeff Hewitt (OETIO Director of Training and Apprenticeship), and Aaron Pede (IUOE Local 793 Business Representative, St. Catharines).
Next, OETIO will be at LaSalle Event Centre in Windsor on October 25-26 to inspire the next generation of apprentices.
L to R: Virgil Nosè (South Central Ontario Area Supervisor), Carla St. Louis (OETIO Director of Indigenous Affairs and Marketing), Jeff Hewitt (OETIO Director of Training and Apprenticeship), and Aaron Pede (IUOE Local 793 Business Representative, St. Catharines)
Local 793 member Trent Daamen seen here operating a CAT 420 rubber tire backhoe on a road reconstruction project in Simcoe. General Contractor: Elgin Construction
Local 793 member Trent Daamen seen here operating a CAT 420 rubber tire backhoe on a road reconstruction project in Simcoe.
Local 793 members Lionel Tremblay, Malcolm McLean and Stephan Dodier are busy working for L.T.L. Contracting Ltd., performing maintenance on an existing transmission line for Hydro One in Smooth Rock Falls.
Local 793 members Lionel Tremblay, Malcolm McLean and Stephan Dodier are busy working for L.T.L. Contracting Ltd., performing maintenance on an existing transmission line for Hydro One in Smooth Rock Falls.
Brothers Lionel Tremblay and Malcolm McLean pictured beside a Marooka carrier.IUOE Local 793 Provincial Pipeline and EPSCA rep Charlie Peters (left) stands beside Brother Stephan Dodier.
Local 793 stands in solidarity with the Jewish people of Israel and strongly condemns the devastating attacks carried out without warning by Hamas terrorists last Saturday. More than 1,300 innocent Israeli men, women and children were murdered and many more injured in communities surrounding the Palestinian enclave of the Gaza Strip, including at a music […]
Local 793 stands in solidarity with the Jewish people of Israel and strongly condemns the devastating attacks carried out without warning by Hamas terrorists last Saturday.
More than 1,300 innocent Israeli men, women and children were murdered and many more injured in communities surrounding the Palestinian enclave of the Gaza Strip, including at a music festival where at least 260 young people enjoying themselves on a Jewish holiday had their lives taken from them.
Many Canadians were also caught up in the shocking violence, with three confirmed to have died so far. We send our deepest sympathies to the families of Ben Mizrachi, 22, Adi Vital-Kaploun and Alexandre Look, both 33. As a mark of respect for all the lives lost in these heinous attacks, flags at Local 793’s head office in Oakville are being flown at half-mast.
It is now our fervent hope that peace and stability return quickly and that innocent civilians in Israel, the Gaza Strip and the wider Middle East do not continue to pay the price for the evil perpetrated by Hamas and its supporters.
Oakville MPP Stephen Crawford visited Local 793’s training institute, OETIO, to formally acknowledge receipt of the 2023 Apprenticeship Capital Grant Competitive Funding Program from the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development (MLITSD). Funding was used to purchase eight simulator upgrades from CM Labs (four at the Oakville campus and four at the Morrisburg […]
Oakville MPP Stephen Crawford visited Local 793’s training institute, OETIO, to formally acknowledge receipt of the 2023 Apprenticeship Capital Grant Competitive Funding Program from the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development (MLITSD).
Funding was used to purchase eight simulator upgrades from CM Labs (four at the Oakville campus and four at the Morrisburg campus), as well as an excavator, which is expected to be delivered to Morrisburg in late October.
Seen in the photo are Jeff Hewitt, OETIO Director of Training and Apprenticeship (left) and Oakville MPP Stephen Crawford at the IUOE Local 793 head office in Oakville.
The Apprenticeship Capital Grant Competitive Funding provides capital funding for training delivery agents to upgrade their equipment and training facilities in order to keep up with evolving technology and to train apprentices on equipment that is relevant to employers.
Jeff Hewitt, OETIO Director of Training and Apprenticeship (left), and Oakville MPP Stephen Crawford at the IUOE Local 793 head office in Oakville.
