The money should allow the city to launch construction of the facility early next year, but it’s anyone’s guess what the cost will be to build the centre.

Statistics Canada said Friday the economy added 40,000 jobs in May, driven by a gain in full-time jobs, while the unemployment rate fell to 5.1 per cent, the lowest rate since at least 1976 which is as far back as comparable data goes.

The region’s Works Department was presented with a Project of the Year Award by the Canadian Public Works Association for the project to widen and reconstruct Victoria Street in Whitby.

The work will see the deployment of an additional 289 kilometres of fiber and optical equipment connecting several remote First Nations.

The vegan fast-food chain is one of the fastest growing in the country. The company has announced plans to open an additional 40 locations across Ontario in the next eight years.