The social enterprise's training program that's helped mainly Indigenous Manitobans overcome employment barriers is set to shutter Dec. 27 unless it can secure funding.

With over 900,000 B.C. job openings appearing in the next few years, over 100,000 will be saved specifically for the trades industry.

Hard economic times have prompted an organization that bargains for Alberta's unionized building trades to sign a deal that includes lower pay for some workers in the hope of keeping them on the job.