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Cochrane to attract skilled workers

Apr. 21, 2014 – The Ontario government is providing funding through the Rural Economic Development (RED) program to support a number of community projects in northeastern Ontario. One of these programs is to develop a marketing strategy in Cochrane focused on attracting skilled workers.

Located an hour and a half from Timmins in Northern Ontario, the town's main industries are tourism and forestry. Tembec has a softwood lumber sawmill and wood chip operation in Cochrane with a 120 employees.

For more information on the RED program, go to http://www.northernontariobusiness.com.

April 21, 2014  By  Amie Silverwood