Tag: AFL in the News

Conflict between B.C. Premier Christy Clark and Alberta Premier Alison Redford over the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline to the West Coast is not in the long-range interests of either province […]

CALGARY — The Wildrose lost the popular vote in last spring’s hard-fought provincial election but won the money contest against the ruling Progressive Conservative dynasty, new financial disclosure documents show. […]

It’s been a sad week for workplace accidents in Alberta. Five workers have died in as many days, in unrelated accidents. The first accident happened Monday and involved a man […]

EDMONTON – Five people are dead in as many days after a spate of workplace accidents around the province this week. Occupational Health and Safety spokesman Brookes Merritt said the […]

Food inspectors say a management takeover at the plant at the centre of Canada’s largest beef recall will not impact their decision about if and when the facility can reopen. […]

The country’s beef industry is embattled in controversy and in Edmonton the turkey processing business is joining in the bad press. About 200 workers from the UFCW Local 1118 are […]

BROOKS, Alta. — The union for workers at an Alberta meat packer shut down over E. coli concerns says the pace of slaughter operations forces workers to take shortcuts around […]

The union representing workers at the XL Foods facility in Brooks says plant officials are ignoring their concerns about food safety. Doug O’Halloran, president of United Food and Commercial Workers […]

Union holds news conference to discuss safety protocols, meat production expectations The union representing workers at XL Foods Inc. is calling for a public inquiry into the massive beef recallat […]

CALGARY — As inspectors descended on the shuttered meat processing plant in Brooks, Alta., Tuesday, the company behind the country’s largest beef recall issued its first comments in days. “We […]

The technical hearings on economic issues raised by the Northern Gateway pipeline recently concluded in Edmonton. In these quasi-judicial hearings, Enbridge and intervenors (labour organizations, First Nations, environmental NGOs and […]

The sister of a Sherwood Park man who drowned on the job in Fort McMurray is urging workers to watch out for each other. Christopher Fontaine, 32, was found dead […]

But we can win says economist Robyn Allan. Last in a series on Norway’s petro-policies and lesson [Editor’s note: The Tyee sent veteran energy issues journalist Mitchell Anderson to Norway […]

Dan Urban has been farming just west of Innisfail for years without a serious injury of any kind. Still, he knows he can’t let his guard down for a second. […]

A leaked draft of a farm safety report is drawing new attention to a black hole in Alberta’s labour legislation: Farm workers on traditional farms continue to be the only […]

The battle over upgrading oilsands bitumen in Alberta dominated Northern Gateway pipeline hearings Wednesday, with a government consultant arguing local upgrading is not economically viable given the high cost of […]

EDMONTON – Enbridge insists estimates of environment damage from construction of the Northern Gateway pipeline have been overestimated, because sections of the line will be built in areas already disturbed […]

Spooked by ’80s recession, it sped up extraction of crude worth way more today. Eighth in a series. There was a time when it made good sense to convert hard […]

CALGARY, Alberta, Sept 24 (Reuters) – A lawyer for Enbridge Inc said on Monday that a prominent economist opposed to its Northern Gateway oil pipeline to Canada’s West Coast is […]

The late Peter Lougheed’s enduring legacy in Alberta’s oil industry was evident Monday as the former Alberta premier was cited by both proponents and opponents of the contentious Northern Gateway […]

EDMONTON – Comments made by the late Peter Lougheed hung over public hearings Monday about a pipeline that would ship bitumen from Alberta’s oilsands to Asian markets. Both sides in […]

The Left should remember what the Right has known for years How ironic that the Right seems more aware than the Left of the crucial importance of unions to progressive […]

Bitumen pipeline placement Comments made by the late Peter Lougheed hung over public hearings Monday about a pipeline that would ship bitumen from Alberta’s oilsands to Asian markets. Both sides […]

EDMONTON – Both sides in the Northern Gateway pipeline debate claimed support from former Alberta premier Peter Lougheed during some testy moments at hearings into the proposed 525,000-barrel-a-day pipeline that […]