NewsAlert: Loblaw closing Quebec distribution centre, affecting 545 workers

By The Canadian Press

Posted Jan 7, 2020 05:45:04 PM.

This article is more than 5 years old.

MONTREAL — More than 500 Loblaw employees will be losing their jobs as the company closes a distribution centre in Laval, Que. The grocery chain is also shutting a warehouse in Ottawa.

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