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Residents in Alberta’s smaller centres want better access to H1N1 vaccine
Oct 28, 2009

EDMONTON – Alberta Health Minister Ron Liepert said today hospital emergency wards and medical clinics are experiencing an increase in patients and inquires connected to H1N1 concerns. The influx is […]

Workers with no benefits debate staying home sick
Oct 28, 2009

Alberta needs legal protection for workers who don’t have sick leave benefits but are being urged to stay home if they’re not feeling well, particularly in flu season. Health professionals […]

Alberta PCs will be under pressure at Red Deer Convention
Oct 28, 2009

Pressure will be on delegates at Alberta’s Progressive Conservative Party convention in Red Deer on Nov. 7 to halt the province’s funding cuts to health care, education and other social […]

AUPE names activist to top post
Oct 26, 2009

EDMONTON – Faced with the “almighty task” of leading Alberta’s largest civil service union through some of the toughest challenges it has faced in nearly two decades, Guy Smith will […]

Speaking Notes – AFL-TWU Rally in Edmonton
Oct 21, 2009

Gil McGowan, President of the Alberta Federation of Labour Good evening and thank you all for coming. We’ve organized this rally tonight to send a message to Telus. And based […]

Alberta government extends bitumen royalty in kind program by two years
Oct 20, 2009

CALGARY _ If anyone wants to see Alberta´s oilsands upgrading industry get a boost from the government as quickly as possible, it´s businesses in Alberta´s industrial heartland, just outside Edmonton. […]