Lethbridge companies continue to face challenges in recruiting employees.
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Land availability crucial to retaining workers
The Urban Development Institute of Wood Buffalo says RMWB council must ensure land is available for developers and make Fort McMurray a desirable place for people to live.
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Labour shortage not as severe as first thought: Alberta government
CALGARY – The Alberta government has released revised numbers showing the province’s future worker shortage may be less severe than originally thought.
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Growth for Trans America Group in Sherwood Park
The Trans America Group has constructed 26 buildings totaling 822,000 square feet in the Sherwood Park area since 2000, including the newest addition to the family located at 241 Portage Close.
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CHART: Here’s Who Will Have The Largest Working Age Populations In 2037
Here’s a great chart from Merrill Lynch (via @soberlook) showing which countries will have the largest working age populations in 2037, just under 25 years from now.
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Local businesses suffer from lack of employees
Heidi Aguilar is starved for people.
The manager of St. Albert-based Sleep Inn Motel said she went through 19 employees in one year. To fill the much-needed positions more permanently, she hired foreign workers.
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Restaurant owners confident about growth
CALGARY — More than one-third of restaurant owners expect sales growth to pick up steam over the next six months, according to The Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association’s Restaurant Outlook Survey for the first quarter of 2013.
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Mill closure has employees wondering about future
The announced closure of the ADM flour mill has Hatters looking both back at the 100 history of mill itself, and wondering about the future of what was once a key industry in the city.
On Thursday, ADM informed the 40 employees that it plans to close the mill on a tentative date of May 31, bringing an end to the 100-year-old flour-making industry in the city.
There are no current plans to sell the mill that has an operating capacity to produce 390 tonnes per day and a storage capacity of 13,100 tonnes with rail access, according to the Canadian Grain Commission.
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Retiring oilpatch workers leave void
CALGARY – No matter how many talented young people flock to Canada’s oil patch, the tremendous wealth of experience being lost from the hordes of Baby Boomers set to retire in the coming years can never be fully replaced.
It is a minor issue within the larger problem of a growing labour crunch, though it is arguably a far greater cause for concern.
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