{"id":35095,"date":"2026-04-19T05:27:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T12:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/ontario-invests-125m-in-new-mine-rescue-training-institute-in-sudbury\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T05:27:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T12:27:23","slug":"ontario-invests-125m-in-new-mine-rescue-training-institute-in-sudbury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/ontario-invests-125m-in-new-mine-rescue-training-institute-in-sudbury\/","title":{"rendered":"Ontario invests $125M in new mine rescue training institute in Sudbury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SUDBURY, ONT. \u2014 Through the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) the Province of Ontario is providing a $125 million investment for a new Ontario Mine Rescue Training Institute in Sudbury.<\/p>\n<p>According to a release, the 120-acre institute will be funded by the WSIB to deliver hands-on training in realistic underground and surface mining environments. Once complete, it will train more than 540 mine rescue and fire responder volunteers annually.<\/p>\n<p>The institute will include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Training in high\u2011angle rescue, fire response, hazardous materials, confined space and structural collapse;<\/li>\n<li>smart classrooms with virtual and augmented reality technology and remote learning capacity; and<\/li>\n<li>accommodations for people to stay during multi-day training courses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The institute will be operated by Ontario Mine Rescue, a division of Workplace Safety North.<\/p>\n<p>Once operational, the facility will also support broader emergency response training, the release adds, including collaboration with municipal fire services, industrial teams and other partners.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/canada.constructconnect.com\/dcn\/news\/ohs\/2026\/04\/ontario-invests-125m-in-new-mine-rescue-training-institute-in-sudbury\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] SUDBURY, ONT. \u2014 Through the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) the Province of Ontario is providing a $125 &#8230; <a title=\"Ontario invests $125M in new mine rescue training institute in Sudbury\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/ontario-invests-125m-in-new-mine-rescue-training-institute-in-sudbury\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Ontario invests $125M in new mine rescue training institute in Sudbury\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1037],"tags":[357,295],"class_list":["post-35095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-commercial-news","tag-blog","tag-technology","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35095\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}