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Tighten robocall rules, group says
May 2, 2012

Elections Alberta received thousands of complaints over robocalls used in the recent provincial election but neither the Tories nor the Wildrose party are ready to call for new legislation or […]

Picnic and other events help mark city’s 100-year labour history
May 2, 2012

The Alberta Federation of Labour got its start in Lethbridge in 1912, and will hold several events at the beginning of May to commerate its 100th anniversary, with a little […]

National Day of Mourning honours workers killed and hurt on the job
Apr 29, 2012

Calgary mom tearfully remembers teenaged son electrocuted while helping to erect a party tent Julie Hamilton knows by heart how many days since her son Tim was killed in a […]

Redford’s debt to Alberta’s left
Apr 28, 2012

How did the Alberta PCs win a majority in Monday’s election when every poll for a month showed them behind the upstart Wildrose Party? Simple: They united the left and […]

Monument to Alberta’s Broken Families to be unveiled on Day of Mourning
Apr 27, 2012

High death rate shows more must be done to protect workers, says labour groups A monument to dead workers will be unveiled in Edmonton on the National Day of Mourning […]

Editorial: Temporary Foreign Worker Program is a necessary evil
Apr 27, 2012

The federal Temporary Foreign Worker Program has become a necessary evil, fraught with so many troubling issues that we must hold our nose while applauding changes announced to it this […]