Algoma Steel lays off 1,000 employees due to US tariffs, city council plans to create over 2,400 jobs with Port of Sault Ste. Marie project.

Algoma Steel employees have worked their final shift, part of the 1,000 job cuts due to the company's early switch to electric steelmaking. Punishing tariffs imposed by the US forced the company to accelerate the layoffs. Affected workers are now competing for jobs in a tight market, with the city council developing plans to bring back jobs through a $200 million Port of Sault Ste. Marie proposal, potentially creating over 2,400 jobs in the coming years.