Alberta will open 16 new collegiate schools in 2025-26 to help address the province’s growing demand for skilled workers, with the government …
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FeaturedWorkplace Safety & OHS
Food company ordered to pay $330,000 after worker dies in smokehouse
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberA major food processing company will pay $330,000 to develop industry safety training after a worker died in a smokehouse at its …
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FeaturedWorkplace Safety & OHS
Food company pleads guilty in Edmonton smokehouse death, Crowns asks for fine
By Lisa Johnson A commercial food processing company has pleaded guilty to a workplace safety charge after an Edmonton worker became trapped in …
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FeaturedWorkplace Safety & OHS
Oilfield company ordered to pay $126,000 after worker struck by projectile in Edmonton
An Edmonton oilfield equipment supplier must pay $126,000 to a hospital foundation after a worker suffered serious injuries when struck by a …
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FeaturedLabour Relations
CHAT-TV shutdown leaves Medicine Hat without local news, 16 union jobs lost
Sixteen media workers lost their jobs when CHAT-TV in Medicine Hat, Alberta, closed suddenly Monday, ending nearly seven decades of local news …
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FeaturedGovernment Policy & Budgets
Alberta and Ontario ink agreement to simplify labour mobility, remove trade barriers
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberAlberta Premier Danielle Smith and Ontario Premier Doug Ford have signed an agreement aimed at removing trade barriers and simplifying labour mobility …
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Diversity, Equity & InclusionFeatured
Alberta’s gender-based violence policy falls short: MacEwan University prof
By Alexandra Noad | Lethbridge Herald Transgender people are four-times more likely to experience gender-based violence and a professor at MacEwan University is …
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By Kaiden Brayshaw | LiveWire Calgary A province-wide teacher’s strike is becoming evermore likely following a heavily supported authorization vote. An online strike …
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Alberta’s government is preparing contingency plans for possible strikes or lockouts as contract negotiations with the province’s largest public sector union have …
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FeaturedLabour Relations
Thousands of Alberta civil servants vote to strike to back demands, says union
By Fakiha Baig and Aaron Sousa The union representing thousands of Alberta government workers has voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action. Guy …