Walmart Closes 2 Quebec Stores, Reassigns Workers

Wal-Mart's pulling the plug on two Quebec stores, the ones in Point A Ox Trimbles and

Co-Diz Negas with closures hitting June 19 for Co-Day's Negas and June 26 for Point

Ox Trimbles.

Employees won't be left hanging though.

Wal-Mart plans to reassign them to nearby locations, keeping jobs intact for now.

This shake-up impacts around 130 workers at the Co-Diz Negas spot and over 107 in Point

A Ox Trimbles, stirring up.

Some worry in local communities.

Wal-Mart's been rooted in Quebec since 1994, running 70 stores province-wide, so these

closures are just a small slice of there.

Footprint.

As the doors shut in the coming weeks, eyes are on how this plays out for the staff and

shoppers who relied on these spots daily.

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I'm Corey with the story.