Just the Good News: May 2025
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It's no secret that 2025 has been a bit of a ride so far. As an editor, I'm well aware that sometimes, the last thing you need is a bunch of headlines to remind you of that. That's why I'm excited to introduce our new 'Just the Good News' roundup – celebrating some of the positive and inspiring stories going on in the heavy lifting sector at a time when it's definitely needed.
- Jack Burton, Editor

The first volume of The History of the Canadian Crane Rental Sector is now available for purchase, featuring interviews with Canada’s leading crane rental companies sharing their stories from across the decades.
The Government of Ontario is expanding its Skills Development Fund (SDF) by $955 million over the next three years, investing a total of $2.5 billion to help train and reskill Ontario workers impacted by tariff-related layoffs.
For the 2025 debut of Crane & Hoist Canada’s On the Hook podcast, proudly sponsored by the CCRA, we sat down with Sterling Crane’s Sean Hutchinson to talk about the lifting leadership lessons he learned and put into action during Sterling's Cenovus Turnaround project.
The Ontario Government has introduced the Protect Ontario by Unleashing Our Economy Act, 2025. If approved, this new act would streamline approval processes for major infrastructure, transit, mining and housing projects.
In anticipation of June 12’s Global Lifting Awareness Day (GLAD), the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) has outlined a number of ways that the sector can get involved and promote awareness of this year’s theme, ‘Lifting careers, building futures.’