After sustaining three consecutive months of job losses and propelling fears of an economic slowdown, the Canadian economy posted a modest bump in employment in September, suggesting the labour market is still exceptionally tight.

Construction will start this fall, and take approximately three years to complete. The project budget is $50 million.

The City of North Bay has issued more than $200 million worth of building permits for the year to date. That total is already well beyond the $150 million in permits it issued in all of 2021.

The 170 union members -- who inspect elevating devices, boilers and pressure vessels, and fuels throughout the province -- walked off the job in July.

Ontario’s construction sector had 28,360 jobs waiting to be filled in the second quarter of 2022, up from 20,895 in the second quarter of 2021.