Maria Dunn to Perform ‘Troublemakers’ in Olds College Theatre

Juno-nominated folksinger’s tour celebrates 100 years of labour history One of Alberta’s best-known folk singers is coming to the Olds to present stories about the early years of Alberta labour […]

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Maria Dunn to bring ‘Troublemakers’ concert to Southern Alberta

Juno-nominated folksinger’s province-wide tour celebrates 100 years of labour history One of Alberta’s best-known folk singers will be touring southern Alberta in early May to present stories about the early […]

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Federal government making it easier to hire temporary foreign workers

NISKU – Alberta businesses, frustrated by red tape and delays in hiring temporary foreign workers, got a break Wednesday from the federal government. Human Resources and Skills Development Minister Diane […]

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Temporary foreign worker program brings more problems than solutions: AFL

At least one Alberta group isn’t happy with today’s changes to federal temporary foreign worker laws. The Alberta Federation of Labour says lowering the wages for the workers makes Alberta’s […]

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Corbella: The liberals finally win another Alberta election

For the first time in 91 years, the liberals have won an election in Alberta. Yeah, sure, the name of the party that won a majority of seats last night […]

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Healthcare telephone poll sets off a firestorm before Alberta Election

Merit Alberta and the Wildrose Party have filed complaints with government officials claiming that the Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) is violating election rules with a province-wide telephone poll. “AFL […]

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Alberta Election 2012: NDP picks up support, falls short of goal

EDMONTON – Wild predictions of eight or more seats died out as results rolled in for the NDP Monday night, but the party still doubled its number of MLAs. NDP […]

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Union group pushes against Wildrose

With polls predicting a Wildrose government, several groups went public this week pleading with Albertans for anything but. The Alberta Federation of Labour called every Albertan with a landline phone […]

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PCs make final push

Flanked by her team of Progressive Conservative candidates, Premier Alison Redford fired up cheering supporters at rallies in both Edmonton and Calgary Saturday to mark the final push ahead of […]

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Debate crowd heckles Smith for statement on climate change

EDMONTON – A live audience heckled and booed Wildrose Leader Danielle Smith at a leader’s debate Thursday after she said she isn’t convinced that climate change is real. Smith, the […]

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Election watchers wonder if some MLAs might consider crossing the floor

CHESTERMERE – With polls showing a significant possibility of a minority government following the April 23 election, speculation has begun on whether some newly elected MLAs might cross the floor […]

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Exhaustive province-wide poll shows Albertans don’t support Wildrose plan to use public money to finance expansion of for-profit health care

McGowan urges voters to reject both conservative parties and, instead, support parties that will “go to the wall” to keep Medicare public Alberta voters are clearly turning away from the […]

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Raj Sherman under fire for heated Twitter remarks as party leaders call for campaign civility

Alberta Liberal candidate describes Wildrose candidates as ‘homophobic,’ PCs as ‘corrupt/incompetent/bullying’ Wildrose candidates are “homophobic, climate change deniers” and “bigots” while the PCs are “corrupt/incompetent/bullying” and “senior neglecting,” Liberal Leader […]

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Expert pollster predicts Wildrose majority, but close race in most Alberta ridings

But seat projections for Danielle Smith Wildrose majority come with big caveat The Wildrose party would win a healthy majority government with 50 to 60 seats, based on the results […]

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Alberta Election 2012: How important will strategic voting come Monday?

EDMONTON — With just three days until Monday’s vote, many Edmontonians may be caught in a dilemma — do they vote Progressive Conservative for the first time to stave off […]

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Probe launched into AFL robocalls

The Alberta Federation of Labour is being investigated by Elections Alberta after conducting a provincial telephone poll decrying the Wildrose Party. In a robocall telephone poll that called 1.54 million […]

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Unions divided on which party to support in election

CALGARY — As the Tories and Wildrose parties fire off accusations over how the other intends to manage public services, Alberta’s unions are now dividing between those willing to endorse […]

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Alberta Election 2012: Civil service nervous with political change in the air

EDMONTON — No matter which party wins Monday’s election, there’s bound to be change in the ranks of the civil service — deputy ministers shuffled, bureaucrats transferred, positions eliminated, new […]

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Moral issues dog Wildrose as Alberta election campaign enters final week

Personal views don’t reflect policy: Smith With a week to go in the most hard fought Alberta election campaign in decades, hot-button moral issues again put the front-running Wildrose party […]

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Alberta election poll shows Wildrose Party ahead

CBC poll suggests Progressive Conservatives trailing Wildrose A poll conducted for the CBC shows the Wildrose Party has a seven-point lead over the Progressive Conservatives just a week before the […]

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Good-behaviour bonds a free-speech issue, Tories say

Wildrose point to maverick MLAs ousted by Conservatives The Wildrose party’s $1,000 “good conduct” bonds for those who attempted to win a party nomination are “undemocratic,” says Progressive Conservative Leader […]

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Editorial: Helping foreign workers

Reducing immigration barriers is long overdue Immigration is the federal department most likely to be viewed as the stodgiest and burdened with the most cumbersome processes. This is not necessarily […]

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New Democrats would reignite plans for four bitumen upgraders near Edmonton, Mason says

Processing oilsands output in Alberta will create jobs, ND leader argues New Democrat Leader Brian Mason would move forward with four upgraders planned for the Industrial Heartland area northeast of […]

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Alberta Election 2012: Thomson: Leaders’ debate could prove to be pivotal point of election

EDMONTON – The Alberta election campaign officially began March 26th, but in many ways, the campaign really won’t start until Thursday night. At 6:30 to be precise. That’s when the […]

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