The gains were mostly focused in full−time work with a gain of 99,000 jobs, offset somewhat by a decline in part−time work of 37,000 positions, Statistics Canada reported Friday.

Construction permit values dropped in Windsor in November, in part due to a much-reduced performance in the city’s government and institutional sector. Total permit values last month were about one-third of those issued in November 2019.

Plans for a major facelift to one of the capital’s oldest neighbourhoods were discussed at a city committee meeting on December 1. They call for $129 million worth of construction and design work.

As expected, national construction employment numbers have continued to stabilize for the third straight month in October, following the rapid rebound of employment numbers (320,600 or +28.6%) from April to July.

The firm was one of three shortlisted to design the facility. The university expects the stand-alone gallery to become an important hub at York’s Keele Campus.