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AFL President concerned over Morton in Finance
Jan 14, 2010

Alberta’s public service in jeopardy, McGowan says Alberta Federation of Labour president, Gil McGowan, expressed grave concern over Premier Ed Stelmach’s pick for Finance Minister in his new cabinet announced […]

Liepert is out as health minister
Jan 13, 2010

The premier officially announced the cabinet shuffle on Wednesday. As predicted, Ron Liepert has been removed from the health portfolio and will now serve as minister of energy. The new […]

Premier announces major overhaul of Alberta cabinet amid dismal poll results
Jan 13, 2010

EDMONTON – Premier Ed Stelmach is overhauling Alberta’s 24-member cabinet in attempt to turn around his Progressive Conservative government’s sagging popularity. Fiscal hawk Ted Morton moves to finance, where the […]

Suncor cuts shine light on weakness of Alberta gas
Jan 13, 2010

CALGARY- Suncor’s decision to unwind its natural gas business points to what could be a permanent structural shift that highlights the decreasing competitiveness of Alberta’s natural gas patch, observers said […]

Year-end labour force numbers show Albertans are still hurting as province begins to emerge from recession
Jan 8, 2010

Recovery could be smothered in its infancy by provincial budget and job cuts, warns AFL Year-end employment figures released this morning by Statistics Canada paint a picture of an Alberta […]

AFL says Evans was wearing “rose-coloured glasses”
Jan 8, 2010

EDMONTON – As the latest employment figures were released Friday, government critics suggest Finance Minister Iris Evans was looking through “rose-coloured glasses” last year when she predicted just 15,000 Albertans […]