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St. Stephen and Sobeys

Sobeys: The local store closed on Sunday, putting more than 60 people out of work. The Sobeys store in St. Stephen closed on July 5, along with about 50 other locations across the country. Shane Fowler/, according to CBC. "We know for instance there fraudulent activity in the unemployment insurance or the employment insurance program. We know there fraudulent activity in the provincial welfare program, everyone knows this," he said. St. Stephen businesses are holding a job fair Thursday for former Sobeys employees in the southwestern New Brunswick town. David Archambault, president of the St. Stephen Area Chamber of Commerce,s aid a number of Charlotte County businesses are looking for workers, especially in light of changes to the Temporary Foreign Workers Program . (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.