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Same old, same old Liberals’ attempt at reinvention as ‘organic’ as compost
Months after the provincial election, with the closure of the spring legislature session now a beacon of light at the end of a long, dark tunnel, there’s still a lot […]
Read more »Tories eye election reform: Stelmach government accused of silencing dissent
EDMONTON – The Alberta government is considering changes to campaign finance laws that would effectively mute groups such as Albertans for Change, which ran high-priced attack ads during the March […]
Read more »Tories planning to update campaign finance rules
The Alberta government is considering changes to campaign finance laws that would effectively mute groups such as Albertans for Change, which ran high-priced attack ads during the March election, Premier […]
Read more »Taft not about to start new party from scratch
Alberta Liberal Leader Kevin Taft said Wednesday he is open to discussing the future of his party, but dismissed one of his MLA’s moves toward starting a new party. “Trying […]
Read more »Uniting opposition question of choice
Calgary Liberal MLA David Swann has the right idea about solving the malaise of political opposition in Alberta. When he talks in principle about a new political movement, and when […]
Read more »Alberta Liberals split on whether to ditch name: Taft, Swann clash on starting new party
Alberta Liberals are divided over how to reinvigorate an opposition movement that was crushed in the provincial election, with the Grit chief arguing one of his MLA’s proposals to possibly […]
Read more »Unity pact breathes life into politics: Liberals and NDP talk about not competing for ridings, but will it be enough to win?
Two months after their brutal pounding in the last provincial election, Alberta Liberals and New Democrats are looking ahead to the next election — one they might fight together. In […]
Read more »Unions claim provincial statistics underestimate number of employee fatalities
Labour unions in B.C. and Alberta commemorated the 13th International Day of Mourning amid claims that provincial government statistics underestimate the numbers of employees killed. The Alberta Ministry of Employment […]
Read more »Double the income, same earning level for Calgarians
Family income in Calgary this decade has increased by nearly double the national average while the Alberta figure is nearly triple, states a Statistics Canada report. But the numbers also […]
Read more »Labour Economic Monitor (May 2008)
Labour Economic Monitor (May 2008) These are odd times in Alberta. With oil prices on the spot market topping $130/barrel and natural gas prices on the uptrend, you’d expect the […]
Read more »Recent deaths raise question of workplace safety: Complaints to province have ‘fallen upon deaf ears,’ victim’s wife says
EDMONTON – Not even two years after Lorna Chandler’s husband was crushed in a grain silo at a feedlot near High River, one of his employers also died in a […]
Read more »Health premium savings expected to flow to workers
The elimination of health-care premiums will pump $1 billion annually into the economy beginning next January and some of that cash could wind up in employees’ pockets, say business and […]
Read more »Alta. Liberals press for farm labour standards
Alberta’s provincial opposition is calling for the province’s labour standards code and job safety legislation to include farm workers. Liberal Leader Kevin Taft on Monday called for the Stelmach government […]
Read more »Alberta Labour Groups Mark Day Of Mourning
The provincial government says in 2007, workplace related deaths rose 24 per cent in Alberta to 154 – the highest number in the last decade. On Monday, labour groups are […]
Read more »Man dies in crash with giant truck: Oil sands hauler collides with pickup at Fort McMurray mine site
An oilsands contractor driving a pickup has died after colliding this weekend with a 400-tonne oilsands dump truck on a mine site that prides itself on its clean worker-safety record. […]
Read more »Day of Mourning: Remembering Unintended Victims of a Boom
The AFL is commemorating the 13th International Day of Mourning today by remembering the 166 Albertans (154 officially “recognized” workers and 12 farm workers) who lost their lives in 2007 […]
Read more »Remembering Workers Killed at Work
Monday, April 28, 20087:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.City Room, Edmonton City Hall1 Sir Winston Churchill Square The Alberta Federation of Labour and the Edmonton and District Labour Council are co-sponsoring […]
Read more »Farm death sparks call for action
The provincial government came under fire in the legislature Wednesday for its lack of workplace safety laws for farm workers, the day after a feedlot owner fell from a silo […]
Read more »Is immigration helping us?: A stunning british study suggests that maybe it isn’t
Globalization has increased acceptance of a multi-racial world and provided endless supplies of skilled and other labour, so what’s not to love about mass immigration? While Canada’s opposition parties quibbled […]
Read more »Be aware of boss: Province launches ad
Just because students across Alberta will soon be moving from classrooms for jobsites, doesn’t mean the learning should stop, according to the province – while the Alberta Federation of Labour […]
Read more »Alberta boom brings more workplace death
Fatal accidents on Alberta job sites increased substantially last year, nudging closer to the alarmingly high occupational death rates recorded during the province’s previous boom of the early 1980s. Safety […]
Read more »Alberta on-job deaths up 24%: Poor training of new workers blamed for rise
The number of workplace deaths in Alberta soared 24 per cent in 2007 — to one of the highest numbers on record — highlighting occupational dangers and inadequate safety training […]
Read more »Workplace deaths up 24%: 154 Alta. workers died on job last year, 30 more than in 2006
EDMONTON – Alberta workplace deaths jumped 24 per cent in 2007, but injuries fell slightly during the same period, new provincial statistics show. A total of 154 people died on […]
Read more »Alberta workplace deaths rise 24 per cent
More people died after being injured in Alberta workplaces in 2007 over the previous year, although the total number of accidents was down, statistics released Thursday by the province showed. […]
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