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The Sinopec File
Feb 18, 2012

Pollution, bribes, more. Nikiforuk pries open the record of China’s oil giant, business partner for Northern Gateway pipeline. Sinopec, Enbridge’s Chinese business partner for the Northern Gateway Project, has a […]

Alberta government urged to act now to prevent farm-worker tragedy
Feb 16, 2012

Premier must fulfill her pledge to protect workers and close legal loopholes, says AFL A transportation tragedy on the scale that killed 11 farm workers in Ontario last week is […]

Enbridge pipeline bad for the economy
Feb 16, 2012

The Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline will deliver an inflationary oil price “shock” to Canadians of US$2 to $3 per barrel “every year for 30 years,” a B.C. economist predicts. Robyn […]

Alberta road rules a recipe for disaster, says labour group
Feb 15, 2012

AFL calls for change in laws governing farm workers before it’s too late EDMONTON – The Alberta government must act now before farm workers in this province suffer the kind […]

Alberta must be cautious about raising taxes
Feb 13, 2012

A concerted effort is now underway to ensure that Albertans have a “conversation” about current levels of taxation. Fair enough, but it seems that conversation is code for convincing Albertans […]

Alberta pre-election budget hikes spending, raids savings, runs deficit
Feb 10, 2012

EDMONTON – Premier Alison Redford’s Alberta Tories delivered a pre-election budget Thursday that increased spending to record levels and raided billions from the piggy bank, but promised the province will […]