Labour Market News

Champion Iron, a mining company, plans to invest over $470M in the Bloom Lake Mine on the North Shore. The project aims to produce high- purity iron for pelletization.

IGA, a supermarket chain, will open a store in Boucherville this summer. Construction began in the fall of 2024.

Maxi, a supermarket chain, will open a store in Boucherville soon. The multi-million dollar investment will create around 30 jobs.

Immobilier Castco will begin the Hôtel 56 project soon. The project will have 55 units, including 6 affordable units, and a commercial space in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu. Work is scheduled to be finished by June 2026.

Autobus Auger, a school and charter transportation company in Lévis, is looking to fill 60 bus driver positions for the new school year in the fall. The transport operator currently employs 750 people.

Le Boulot vers…, a school-to-work transition organization for young people aged 16 to 25, must cease operations in Montréal before the end of 2025 after 42 years in business. The loss of provincial government funding is forcing the organization to close.

A new walk-in clinic has opened in Montague in McKenna's PharmaChoice on Queens Road. The clinic is opened three days a week and is staffed by doctors who have full-time jobs elsewhere.

The Newfoundland and Labrador government is investing over $500K in JVPLabs for research and development of its JVPClinic medical device. JVPLabs is a N.L. health tech company working on a monitoring device to better assess congestive heart failure.

The Government of Saskatchewan is providing $500,000 in annual operating funding to the new group home in Kerrobert. The group home provides 24-hour support and assistance to residents with intellectual disabilities.

The Ville de Mascouche will invest $11M in improving its road network and parks.