Tag: AFL in the News
Sister of man who died on the job makes plea for workplace safety
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 […]
Read more »Canada Is Being Outplayed’ at Oil Wealth Game
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 […]
Read more »Alberta Federation of Labour urges ag safety regulation
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. […]
Read more »Concerns arise over lack of regulation for farm worker safety
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 […]
Read more »Hearing focuses on upgrading
/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 […]
Read more »Enbridge questions estimates of pipeline’s environmental costs
/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 […]
Read more »The Mistake that Cost Norway Huge in Oil Wealth
/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 […]
Read more »Enbridge, Gateway pipeline foe spar over impact
/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 […]
Read more »Lougheed legacy brought into play at pipeline hearings
/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 […]
Read more »Enbridge, union square off over where Alberta bitumen should be upgraded
/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 […]
Read more »Unions under attack as backbone of progressive causes
/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 […]
Read more »Enbridge, union clash over bitumen pipeline project
/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 […]
Read more »Lougheed legacy cited by both sides in Northern Gateway pipeline debate
/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 […]
Read more »Northern Gateway Pipeline hearings continue in Edmonton
/Hearings dealing with the Northern Gateway Pipeline continued in Edmonton, Saturday, and for the first time backers of the project were given the chance to cross examine those opposing it. […]
Read more »The only sector where you can’t have a union is the only one with no health and safety rules? Explain, please…
/Literally everybody – and that includes Alberta Premier Alison Redford – knows that permitting an industry to “voluntarily” self-regulate the health and safety of its own workers amounts to a […]
Read more »Enbridge’s Northern Gateway benefits questioned at hearing
/The benefits to the oil industry of Enbridge Inc.’s proposed Northern Gateway pipeline may be exaggerated and its costs to the economy and environment underestimated, hearings into the project heard […]
Read more »First nation’s lawyer questions benefits of pipeline
/The benefits to the oil industry of Enbridge Inc.’s proposed Northern Gateway pipeline may be exaggerated and its costs to the economy and environment underestimated, hearings into the project have […]
Read more »Enbridge’s Northern Gateway benefits questioned at hearing
/The benefits to the oil industry of Enbridge Inc.’s proposed Northern Gateway pipeline may be exaggerated and its costs to the economy and environment underestimated, hearings into the project heard […]
Read more »New farm safety rules ‘useless’
/New farm safety rules ‘useless’ Experts hit out at voluntary certifications A provincially funded research body says a leaked proposal for voluntary safety certification of Alberta’s agriculture industry won’t curb […]
Read more »Redford cuts Asia trip short as Peter Lougheed tributes pour in
EDMONTON — Premier Alison Redford is cutting short her trip to Asia and returning home as a result of the death Thursday of her friend and mentor, former Alberta Premier […]
Read more »Mountains of tributes pour in for Alberta premier Peter Lougheed
/An outpouring of love and respect has touched the hearts of Peter Lougheed’s family in the wake of his death Thursday at age 84. A simple bouquet of white roses […]
Read more »Lougheed’s death prompts Redford to cut short trade mission
/As accolades for former premier Peter Lougheed continued flooding in Friday, current Premier Alison Redford is cutting short her trade trip to Asia in honour of the Alberta icon who […]
Read more »Editorial: A calm, cool look at hotly contested Northern Gateway pipeline
/When Prime Minister Stephen Harper declared this summer the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline is “in the vital interest” of Canada, critics could be forgiven for suspecting the fix was in, […]
Read more »CLAC mulls leaving confederation
/The Christian Labour Association of Canada (CLAC) will consider withdrawing from the world’s largest trade union confederation and joining another organization, when the union gathers this week for two separate […]
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