This episode highlights:
- A new study on skilled trades: interest is strong, but white-collar preference and perceptions of physical demand are leading deterrents, emphasizing the crucial need to educate people about high-tech like drone piloting
- A major robotic partnership between Promise Robotics and Madame Homes Alberta integrates AI and a "factory as a service platform" into large-scale residential construction in Calgary, pushing the industry toward industrialization
- The federal government provides a $500 million loan to Al Steel—Canada's only independent steel maker and sole domestic military steel producer—to help it combat US tariffs and accelerate the adoption of electric arc furnaces
- The historic $660 million Canada Infrastructure Bank loan supports Irving Pulp and Paper's $1.5 billion Project NextGen modernization, representing the largest forestry investment in Canada since 1993.
- Plus, a bonus story spotlights a hard-hat-wearing hero who used a water tank truck to save the day during a fire in Three Fathom Harbor, Nova Scotia.
