5 REASONS TO INVEST IN STURGEON COUNTY > DIVERSE LABOR MARKET > LOW COST OF LAND > PRO-BUSINESS ATTITUDE > RANGE OF PRODUCTION OPPORTUNITIES > PROXIMITY TO MAJOR MARKETS STURGEON COUNTY IS A PROUD FOUNDING MEMBER OF ALBERTA’S INDUSTRIAL HEARTLAND HOME OF NWR STURGEON REFINERY labour peaked at between 7,000 and 8,000, and among MacGregor’s proudest accomplishments is the introduction of more women to jobs in trades and the oil industry in particular. NWR has partnered with Women Building Futures (WBF), an Alberta trades training organization for women, to recruit, train and apprentice women in the construction and maintenance of the refinery. So far, about 50 women have been hired to fill roles at the refinery, MacGregor said. “We had the idea that we could work with Women Building Futures and get a lot more women into the trades here, rather than bringing people in from other FEBRUARY 2017 H business elite canada 11
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