A Fort McMurray Subway owner was so desperate for staff at one of her downtown locations she pulled in her 18-year-old son to run that restaurant by himself. But you don't need numbers to tell the Fort McMurray's business community there's a service-worker shortage. Our numbers were 1,100 people a day," said Samra Ilyas, who runs the Alberta Works employment centre in Fort McMurray. Regardless of the numbers, both local organizations and Fort McMurray's fast-food chains want Canadian job seekers to know Fort McMurray is hiring. "We are just trying to let people know that Fort McMurray is still open for business.

Source: CBC News September 25, 2016 13:52 UTC