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Suncor CEO plans speedy streamlining
Aug 4, 2009

CALGARY – Suncor expects to move quickly to complete its merger with Petro-Canada and trim overlap between the two companies, its newly minted CEO said Tuesday. That includes addressing the […]

3 investigations launched into collapsed Alberta stage
Aug 4, 2009

EDMONTON — Three parallel investigations have been launched by the Alberta government into the fatal stage collapse at the Big Valley Jamboree during Saturday’s severe storm in Camrose, Alta. Occupational […]

Alberta ski resort penalized for death: Sunshine Village must pay $250,000
Jul 30, 2009

CALGARY – Sunshine Village Corp. has been ordered to pay more than $250,000 in fines and penalties in connection to the 2004 death of a ski hill worker. Judge Manfred […]

2009 July Presentation City Council Public Hearing Transfer of Drainage Assets to EPCOR
Jul 28, 2009

Gil McGowan, President of the Alberta Federation of Labour Good afternoon. In a way, I am here today in two capacities. I’m here first as the President of the Alberta […]

Skilled immigrants squeezed out for temporary workers: Record number of short-term workers given permits to fill shortages last year, study finds
Jul 23, 2009

Canada is still bringing in temporary foreign workers at a near-record pace despite the recession, but a new study argues our immigration policy’s increasing focus on filling jobs will hamper […]

Labour federation slams gov’t bitumen royalty program
Jul 23, 2009

A move by the province to increase bitumen upgrading on this side of the border has at least one labour group saying it’s too little to be of any significance. […]