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Some businesses are offering higher pay, bonuses, and even looking internationally for new hires due to a skilled trade worker shortage across Canada.

Some businesses are offering higher pay, bonuses, and even looking internationally for new hires due to a skilled trade worker shortage across Canada.

  WATERLOO -- On the back of the provincial announcement that universities and colleges should prepare for a mostly normal fall, post-secondary institutions in Waterloo Region are working to finalize plans for a post-pandemic semester. Local colleges and universities are looking to increase in-person attendance this September, but not by much. "Probably we wont have more than I would say seven or eight thousand, not the 25,000, because I dont think well be able to meet public health guidel...

Post-secondary institutions in Waterloo region optimistic about in-person learning this fall Post-secondary institutions in the region say theyre planning for more students to be on campus and learning in-person for the fall 2021 semester, but say lack of certainty around the number of COVID-19 infections and vaccinations are holding them back from making a decision. Social Sharing