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January 22, 2025 By Blake Marchand The 2024 IDEAL National Championship was held in West Palm Beach, Florida this past September. This year’s event consisted of 10 apprentices, nine from across the U.S, and one Canadian, Madina Nur from the IBEW 2085 in Winnipeg, MB. IDEAL held ten qualifying events across Canada, with over 500…
Contractors who are self employed or work in private practice top the list.
After a decade of investing in grid modernization, utilities are more efficient, innovative, sustainable, and customer focused than at any time in their history. Modernization through the deployment of sensors and smart grid technology has laid the foundation for a digital transformation of the power industry.
Industry as we know it is changing rapidly – from a shortage of skilled workers and high turnover to advancements in connectivity and IoT. Innovation is driving us to augment in-house experience and institutional knowledge with intuitive technology and partner support.
Emerging technology, demographic shifts, volatile economic conditions, and changing customer expectations have all created new challenges and opportunities within Canada’s electrical industry…
January 22, 2025 By Blake Marchand The 2024 IDEAL National Championship was held in West Palm Beach, Florida this past September. This year’s event consisted of 10 apprentices, nine from across the U.S, and one Canadian, Madina Nur from the IBEW 2085 in Winnipeg, MB. IDEAL held ten qualifying events across Canada, with over 500…
Contractors who are self employed or work in private practice top the list.
After a decade of investing in grid modernization, utilities are more efficient, innovative, sustainable, and customer focused than at any time in their history. Modernization through the deployment of sensors and smart grid technology has laid the foundation for a digital transformation of the power industry.
Industry as we know it is changing rapidly – from a shortage of skilled workers and high turnover to advancements in connectivity and IoT. Innovation is driving us to augment in-house experience and institutional knowledge with intuitive technology and partner support.
Emerging technology, demographic shifts, volatile economic conditions, and changing customer expectations have all created new challenges and opportunities within Canada’s electrical industry…
January 22, 2025 By Blake Marchand The 2024 IDEAL National Championship was held in West Palm Beach, Florida this past September. This year’s event consisted of 10 apprentices, nine from across the U.S, and one Canadian, Madina Nur from the IBEW 2085 in Winnipeg, MB. IDEAL held ten qualifying events across Canada, with over 500…
Contractors who are self employed or work in private practice top the list.
After a decade of investing in grid modernization, utilities are more efficient, innovative, sustainable, and customer focused than at any time in their history. Modernization through the deployment of sensors and smart grid technology has laid the foundation for a digital transformation of the power industry.
Industry as we know it is changing rapidly – from a shortage of skilled workers and high turnover to advancements in connectivity and IoT. Innovation is driving us to augment in-house experience and institutional knowledge with intuitive technology and partner support.
Emerging technology, demographic shifts, volatile economic conditions, and changing customer expectations have all created new challenges and opportunities within Canada’s electrical industry…
May 26, 2025 The Global EV Outlook is an annual publication that reports on recent developments in electric mobility around the world. It is developed with the support of members of the Electric Vehicles Initiative (EVI). The report draws on the latest data to assess trends in electric vehicle deployment, demand for their batteries and… Read More…
Sales Outsource Solutions (SOS) held the third edition of their SOS Show on April 10th at the Pearson Convention Centre. The show had a highly concentrated feel… Read More…
May 19, 2025 As the EV charging industry is poised for profitability, network operators still face many challenges. But what are their biggest challenges, are they ready to scale up to support their business growth, and how will they provide drivers with a better charging experience in 2025. This report answers these questions and more,… Read More…
May 19, 2025 ELECTRI has sponsored a research project to create a playbook for electrical contractors that will help you: Unpaid rework refers to activities in the field (including prefabrication) that have to be done more than once, or activities that remove work previously installed as part of the project, where no change order has… Read More…
May 26, 2025 Siemens will invest CAD $150 million over five years to establish a Global AI Manufacturing Technologies Research and Development (R&D) Center for Battery Production in Canada. The new R&D center, located initially at Siemens Canada’s head office in Oakville, as well as in Toronto and Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, will focus on developing cutting-edge AI manufacturing technologies with an initial emphasis… Read More…
May 26, 2025 Honda is postponing its plan to invest in a comprehensive EV supply chain in Ontario. The CBC reported that the investment is being push back by two years. “Due to the recent slowdown of the EV market, Honda Motor has announced an approximate two-year postponement of the comprehensive value chain investment project in Canada…. Read More…
May 26, 2025 George McClean, former President of Sonepar Canada, has decided to leave Sonepar for an opportunity outside of the electrical industry. Serge Leblanc, current President of Lumen Canada, has been appointed interim President of Sonepar Canada. Leblanc will manage both responsibilities until a successor is named. Leblanc joined Lumen in 1997 and has… Read More…
May 26, 2025 On Monday, May 26, the Ontario Building and Construction Tradeswomen (OBCT), will host its first-ever Advocacy Day at Queen’s Park. Tradeswomen from across the province will gather to meet with Members of Provincial Parliament, including Minister of Labour David Piccini, to advocate for progress in the skilled trades for tradeswomen. OBCT’s top priorities include:… Read More…
This project is funded [in part] by the Government of Canada.
Ce projet est financé [en partie] par le gouvernement du Canada.