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Labour Market Bulletin, First Quarter 2004
An Analysis of the Sarnia HRCC Region Labour Market
Human Resource Centre of Canada
Highlights:
- Petrolia Planning Committee gives the go ahead for a six acre greenhouse operation.
- A Job Fair for Boston Pizza attracts over 600 applicants.
- Suncor Energy Products is proceeding with plans to build a $330 million hydrotreater designed to remove sulphur from diesel fuel.
- Imperial Oil's new $120 million cogeneration plant is now operational.
- The Sarnia & District Joint Labour - Management Advisory Committee celebrated the graduation of 68 candidates from their apprenticeship programs.
- Medium and heavy duty truck market appears to be rebounding. Sterling Truck in St. Thomas and International Truck in Chatham are adding staff to keep up with production orders.
- Brittany Arms in Point Edward will re-open under new ownership as The Open Grill and Steak House. The new employer expects to hire up to 40 people.
- Lambton County ambulance service expands to include 24/7 coverage in more parts of the community, creating up to 30 new jobs.
- Ontario Power Generation announces plans to close down Ontario's five coal-fired electricity plants within four years.
- Two years after graduation, the highest paying fields of study were Dentistry, Optometry, Pharmacy, Law and Engineering.
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