Sam Bailey, senior manager and economic development policy for Amazon states, “We recognize that through the investments they ...

Under the cover of the holiday shopping season, Amazon’s last-mile delivery station, a new 37,400-square-foot building near the airport in Grand Junction, began operating in October with no fanfare.

Amazon.com said it is closing its warehouses in Quebec and returning to a third-party delivery model, a move which the province's labor representatives called an attack on employees and the union.

But construction has not started on that yet, according to an Amazon spokesperson. The delivery station will create more than 100 full-time jobs offering wages of at least $15 an hour. According to a ...