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Almost half of new positions created in province
Jan 6, 2012

Close to half of all the jobs created in Canada were in Alberta and the province also maintained the lowest unemployment rate, according to numbers released Friday. Through 2011, about […]

FACTBOX/ China labour strikes developments
Jan 5, 2012

China’s workers are increasingly voicing their discontent on labor conditions and pay, threatening to erode the nation’s competitiveness as a low-cost factory hub. Recent weeks have seen a series of […]

Chinese energy companies wait to hear fate of Northern Gateway pipeline
Jan 4, 2012

VANCOUVER — Chinese energy companies, at one time eager to see the Northern Gateway pipeline completed quickly so they could access the Alberta oilsands, are now taking a longer and […]

Public Pressure Re-Opens Indiana Statehouse Doors
Jan 4, 2012

Caving into intense public pressure, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels (R) this morning rescinded an order that would have barred thousands of Hoosiers from the statehouse as the legislature considers a […]

$72 billion at stake if Gateway pipeline halted
Jan 2, 2012

EDMONTON – Oil producers could lose $72 billion over a nine-year-period if a pipeline to carry Alberta bitumen to the West Coast isn’t built, a new report for the Alberta […]

Work begins on monument to Alberta’s Broken Families
Dec 21, 2011

A monument to Alberta’s Broken Families began to take shape today, with workers breaking ground in Edmonton’s Grant Notley Park. “Alberta is a dangerous place for workers. Last year, 166 […]