New rule guarantees spots for apprentices on big public projects

Apprentices in 11 construction trades will soon be guaranteed hands-on training on large public infrastructure projects.
This month, new legislation in Alberta will compel public infrastructure projects worth more than $15 million or those expected to take more than two years to complete to train apprentices on site.
“This will definitely help enable apprentices to learn, to be supported career-wise and to move forward,” Colette Dufour, an apprentice with Clark Builders, said in a ne