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Sinopec can be prosecuted for workplace deaths
Nov 25, 2011

Alberta’s Court of Appeal ruled Wednesday a Chinese company can be prosecuted for its role in the deaths of two temporary foreign workers in 2007. Sinopec Shanghai Engineering Company Ltd. […]

Future bleak for Alberta Liberals; among progressive parties, only NDP has momentum
Nov 25, 2011

If you want a useful yardstick of the relative health of Alberta’s opposition parties, you need look no further than the number of candidates they have nominated for the next […]

Chinese company to face Canadian court
Nov 24, 2011

Chinese engineering, procurement, and construction management company Sinopec Shanghai Engineering Company (SSEC) could face charges in a Canadian court after a decision handed down yesterday by the Alberta Court of […]

Keystone reignites debate over upgrading
Nov 24, 2011

Renewed calls to process more bitumen in Alberta are following a delay in a proposed export pipeline even though the economic upside for upgrading plants in recent years has shrunk. […]

If companies like Sinopec are going to invest in the oil sands, they need to respect our laws, says McGowan
Nov 23, 2011

AFL applauds court decision to hold Chinese firm to account for workers’ deaths EDMONTON – The Alberta Federation of Labour applauds the Alberta Court of Appeal’s decision to uphold a […]

Court says Chinese firm can face trial on safety charges in oilsands deaths
Nov 23, 2011

EDMONTON _ A unit of a giant Chinese petrochemical corporation can face trial on safety charges in the deaths of two oilsands workers. The Alberta Court of Appeal has upheld […]