Northern Workforce Development News Today

Some of Manitoba's winter roads typically open around the first week of January and closes around the first week of March. Ralph Harper of St. Theresa Point First Nation says that likely will not happen this year. He says remote northern communities need help to have access to essential supplies and transport.

The president of the Thompson Chamber of Commerce says the worker shortage in the city is so bad, she was cleaning rooms at the hotel where she's a manager herself because she couldn't find housekeepers. Employers in the northern Manitoba city in several sectors say they're struggling with a shortage of workers.