Sudbury, Ontario

Terminated Laurentian University employees are finally receiving payouts five years after CCAA (Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act) layoffs. The article reports on the resolution of compensation for workers affected by the institution's financial restructuring.

Extendicare is eliminating approximately 21 employees at its Countryside long-term care home in Sudbury, Ontario. The workforce reduction will affect nurses, support aides, maintenance workers, and janitorial and housekeeping staff.

LifeLabs is cutting its 40-person Sudbury, Ontario workforce in half, resulting in 20 layoffs. The company cancelled its previously planned facility closure scheduled for May 17, 2026, and will instead continue operations with a reduced staff while prioritizing current employees for newly available roles.

Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario is experiencing a faculty strike after failed negotiations over a new collective agreement. The strike follows the university's bankruptcy-driven restructuring four years ago, which resulted in the elimination of 110 teaching positions and significant cuts to salaries, pensions, and benefits for faculty, librarians, and counsellors.

Algoma University is laying off between 50 and 75 employees to manage a $5.5 million to $7 million operating deficit caused by a 60% drop in international student enrolment, which exceeded the 50% decrease projected in April's budget. The university's fall enrolment is anticipated to be approximately 4,482 students, roughly half of the previous year's total of over 9,000 students across all campuses.

Wonderbrands announced it is ending sliced bread production at its Sudbury facility, resulting in 50 full and part-time job losses effective October 6, 2025. The company cited sustained industry-wide shifts in bread consumption and changing consumer preferences toward diverse bread varieties as the reason for the closure of sliced bread production, while bun roll production will continue.

Laurentian University terminated 195 employees and axed 69 programs during its insolvency restructuring under the Companies Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) in April 2021. More than five years later, terminated employees began receiving severance payouts in June 2026, receiving only 25% of what they were originally owed.