08-01-2022 01:14 via calgary.ctvnews.ca

Labour shortage, COVID cases affecting southern Alberta employers and workplaces

A number of southern Alberta businesses say despite rising unemployment numbers it's still a tough challenge to find workers. The main focus for feedlots at this time of year is usually getting their animals through the winter. But, rather, getting workers is a bigger struggle for many in the agriculture industry this season - another pandemic hurdle they have to overcome. “It does have an impact, definitely. I think people are being more selective about what kind of work, the type of work
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