The Board of Directors of Workplace Safety North has officially appointed Mike Parent, CRSP, CSP, as its President and Chief Executive Officer. Parent, who stepped into the interim role in September 2023, has now been confirmed in the position. With a background as a paramedic, miner, mine rescue volunteer, and mining health and safety manager, Parent brings a wealth of experience to his new role. “He has been a pivotal figure at WSN since 2015, serving as Vice-President of Health and Safety Services, and interim President and CEO.” “I entered the health and safety field to make a difference ..read more

Blackline Safety Corp. has announced that it has signed a new contract to provide G7c devices and services to a major U.S. utility provider based in California. The contract — a collaboration between Blackline Safety and one of its U.S. channel partners — is valued at more than $1.5 million. The utility provider has already started rolling out the devices across their organization. In total, the gas and electric company will be rolling out 1,000 G7c lone worker devices to protect their frontline workers. The award-winning wearable G7c — with features such as SOS latch, fall and no motion ..read more

Dongkuk Steel Mill Co. Ltd., a steelmaker in Korea, has recently contracted Tenova Goodfellow Inc., a subsidiary of Tenova, a developer and provider of sustainable solutions for the green transition of the metals industry, to improve its furnace efficiency. The scope of the contract involves the supply and installation of Tenova’s NextGen System at Dongkuk’s Incheon Plant in Dong-gu, Incheon, Republic of Korea. The NextGen System, tailored for Dongkuk Steel’s 120-ton AC shaft furnace, incorporates advanced hardware and temperature sensors for off-gas measurement which include two sampling stat ..read more

Skilled Trades Ontario (STO) has launched a new online information centre, providing a platform to access insights and information on the skilled trades sector. The STO Resource Hub features newly published trade reports, a directory of helpful links as well as other skilled trades related resources and research. “Our mission at Skilled Trades Ontario is to streamline services and make it easier to learn more about how the skilled trades operate in our province. I’m proud to say that we are making progress on that mission,” said Melissa Young, CEO and Registrar of Skilled Trades Ontario. STO r ..read more

Premier Doug Ford, Ontario Ministers, and Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow gathered with approximately 40,000 competitors, volunteers, and the public at the Toronto Congress Centre this week to witness the future skilled trades and technologies workforce compete at the 2024 Skills Ontario Competition. Started in 1989, the Skills Ontario Competition is the largest skilled trades competition in Canada and offers a unique opportunity for top students to demonstrate that they are the best of the best in their skilled trade or technology field. This year, Skills Ontario saw over 2800 young people from acr ..read more

Frost & Sullivan recently assessed the condition monitoring equipment market and, based on its findings, recognizes Schaeffler Group with the 2023 Global Enabling Technology Leadership Award. Schaeffler provides solutions tailored to the evolving needs of industrial maintenance and predictive analytics. “The company enhances its existing products, such as OPTIME Ecosystem, with unique designs, the latest technology, and unparalleled capabilities to fill gaps and push the limits in the market.” “The distinct advantage for Schaeffler that guarantees a positive purchase experience and c ..read more

Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, announced more than $97 million under the Agricultural Clean Technology (ACT) Program. This funding will support 162 projects across Canada. Minister MacAulay made the announcement at Folly River Farms Limited, a 74-year-old family-owned dairy farm in Debert, Nova Scotia. The farm operation received $49,280 under the Adoption Stream of the ACT Program to purchase and install a solar energy system. This project uses solar energy to replace electricity from the grid, significantly reducing the farm’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.  ..read more

After hitting a record $165 billion in food and beverage manufacturing sales last year, 2024 is expected to see sales moderate in sync with slowing inflation and tighter household budgets. Despite sector-specific headwinds and changing consumer shopping habits, the overall outlook is more positive. Population growth and stabilizing input costs are two reasons margin improvement is expected in 2024. “High inflation and interest rate increases over the past two years have put pressure on household budgets, leading to changes in consumer spending habits,” said FCC chief economist, J.P. Gervais in ..read more

Under the wing of a new logo, Bombardier Inc. said it lengthened its order book last quarter even as global demand for business jets idles. The company grew its first-quarter backlog by five per cent year-over-year to US$14.9 billion. Its book-to-bill – the ratio of orders received to deliveries billed, a key indicator of near-term demand for a company’s products – jumped to 1.6. The upbeat figures stood in contrast with a year-over-year revenue drop of 12 per cent to US$1.28 billion in the quarter ended March 31, a total that fell below analysts’ expectations. The decrease resulted partly fro ..read more

An Ontario-based powdered milk manufacturer says it has the green light to start making baby formula. Canada Royal Milk in Kingston says the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has approved its application to produce infant formula. The company says it always intended to manufacture the product, but was held up by an approval process involving both Health Canada and the CFIA that took nearly two years. Canada Royal Milk had complained about the lengthy process last year after a formula shortage in the United States spilled over into Canada as there were no manufacturers north of the border. The co ..read more