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WSP Global to acquire Golder for $1.5B
The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2021.
November employment up slightly
A gain of just 62,000 jobs for the month suggests that the summer’s economic rebound is slowing. November’s gain was just 0.3 percent, compared with an average rate of 2.7 percent between May and September.
Toronto police charge man after investigation into noose found at construction site
A 34−year−old man from Toronto has been charged in relation to one of two nooses found. He faces three counts of criminal harassment and one count of mischief interruption of property.
Provincial, federal governments fund $3.25M in water-infrastructure projects
The projects funded in a pair of November 20 announcements will enhance infrastructure assets in Rainy River and Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory in the Bay of Quinte.
Windsor permit values retreat in November
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.