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 …
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FeaturedGovernment Policy & Budgets
Alberta freezes carbon price to protect industry from U.S. tariffs
The Alberta government has frozen its industrial carbon price at $95 per tonne to shield businesses from uncertainty caused by recent U.S. …
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FeaturedGovernment Policy & BudgetsTraining & Development
Alberta commits $33 million to train unemployed workers for in-demand jobs
Alberta’s government will invest $33 million in training programs to help more than 5,000 unemployed and underemployed Albertans gain skills for workforce …
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FeaturedWorkplace Safety & OHS
Oilfield companies fined $550,000 after fatal explosion kills two workers near Slave Lake, Alta.
Two Alberta oilfield companies have been ordered to pay $550,000 in penalties following a workplace explosion that killed two workers near Slave …



