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Amazon opens new fulfillment center outside of Edmonton

On June 28, Amazon announced plans to establish a new fulfillment center in Ascheson, Parkland County, some 25 miles west of Edmonton, Alberta. The facility will support Amazon fulfillment/distribution needs across Western Canada.The more than 600,000 square foot Parkland location will be its first robotics facility in Alberta. Despite the warehouse's use of robots, Amazon will hire more than 1,000 full- and part-time staff to work at the facility, which ... [+]