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Workplace safety website falls short of pledge; Full safety records to remain clouded in secrecy
Aug 31, 2010

EDMONTON – While the government has taken nearly a decade to finalize its website with workplace injury and fatality records, workers will have to wait even longer to get the […]

Alberta workplace safety records soon to go online
Aug 31, 2010

Alberta workplace safety records will be made public as early as September, vows the province’s employment minister. Thomas Lukaszuk said the public database will contain the records of most employers […]

Province sees low long-term natural gas prices
Aug 27, 2010

Alberta could be facing an extended period of low natural gas prices that will have an adverse effect on the province’s finances for the foreseeable future, Finance Minister Ted Morton […]

Reforming broken revenue system vital to Alberta’s fiscal future
Aug 26, 2010

Edmonton – The economic evidence is in and it shows overwhelmingly that Alberta’s economy is still on shaky ground. “Unstable commodity prices, a continuing jobs crisis, falling retail sales, increasing […]

Two immigration programs suspended
Aug 24, 2010

The Alberta Federation of Labour is commending Alberta’s labour minister for suspending two immigration programs it says were being used inappropriately to fill job gaps. Alberta Employment and Immigration Minister […]

Alberta suspends immigrant fast-track programs
Aug 23, 2010

Faced with a drop in demand for labour in the province, the Alberta government has suspended a pair of programs meant to fast-track immigration applications for foreign workers. The province […]