Laval Mayor Stéphane Boyer announced Wednesday that he would run for a second term as mayor of the city on Montreal’s North Shore. Boyer, 37, said in a press release that he wanted to continue to defend the interests of Laval,
Amazon couldn’t shut down just the unionized Laval warehouse, “so the remaining option was to nuke their entire Quebec operations,” says McGill University’s Barry Eidlin.
Marie-Philip Poulin scored three goals to lead her red-hot team past the Ottawa Charge 4-1 on Wednesday night in the Professional Women's Hockey League.
Unions had gained a foothold in one of the company’s warehouses in the province, though Amazon would not say if there was a connection.
The online retail giant said the move was not linked to recent unionization efforts by workers in the Canadian province.
The closures will eliminate about 1,700 permanent full-time jobs in the greater Montreal area, Amazon said. The warehouses also employ 250 temporary employees.
Quebec RCMP say three men have been charged for allegedly planning to help smuggle people into the United States. Edward Alejandro Rojas Sanchez, 24, Julian Camilo Rojas Murcia, 27, and Fernando Esparza Dominguez,
The Frost had been the only PWHL team without a regulation defeat away from home until the Victoire rolled Friday.
A company spokesperson said Amazon will outsource deliveries to smaller contractors. The spokesperson insisted that the decision was tied to cost savings — not the recent unionization of about 300 employees at the Laval,
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The online giant said its decision to close seven warehouses is unrelated to labour organizing, but others say it’s part of a pattern to stamp out unions
The federal industry minister is calling for a review of Ottawa's business relationship with Amazon after the company said it will close all seven of its warehouses in Quebec. They'll have me fighting to make sure that this is not going to go unanswered in Canada, Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne said.