LiUNA breaks ground on new $12.7M training centre in Walkerton

November 13, 2025 @ 7:19 amNews, Walkerton Herald-Times

Training Trustee Phillip Da Silva, Training Director Mike Ropp, Brockton Mayor Chris Peabody, Business Manager Brandon MacKinnon, Training Trustee Jerry Fassaert, Training Trustee Danny De Sousa, Training Trustee Wayne Flooren and Training Trustee Jim MacKinnon. (Emily Bowen photo)

WALKERTON – The Labourers’ International Union of North America (LiUNA) Local 1059 officially broke ground Nov. 5 on a new $12.7 million training centre in Walkerton. The project is funded through a partnership between the union and the Ontario government, with $6.3 million coming from the province’s Skills Development Fund (SDF). The new 23,000-square-foot facility…

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