Oshawa native Todd Forbes doesn't want to leave his hometown.

His apartment is in the south-central area of the Ontario city, the industrial heart where tens of thousands of General Motors workers have made a living since the company's plant there opened in 1918.

But come Jan. 30, when GM Canada is set to cut the midnight shift at its Oshawa plant, Forbes will be out of a job. He doesn't think he'll find employment in the city of some 185,000 people, where he was born and raised, where his four children and seven grandchildren live.

"It's definitely gut wrenching … I've lived in this area my whole life," he said.

Instead, Forbes, 48, is considering moving to Nova Scotia with his wife and their dog, Gizmo. He said he thinks he's more likely to find a job there — despite having experienc

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