Calgary Economic Development has launched a work-based learning program aimed at connecting job-ready youth aged 18 to 24 with local employers, backed …
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FeaturedLabour RelationsOpinion
Organized labour continues to make gains in Canada’s most anti-union province
By Andrew Stevens and Angèle Poirier In October 2025, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith invoked back-to-work legislation to end a strike by tens …
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FeaturedLabour Relations
Starbucks workers lose decertification bid over two-day filing error
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberA group of Calgary Starbucks employees has lost their attempt to decertify their union after filing their application two days before Alberta’s …
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Employment Law
Alberta court issues vexatious proceeding notice to former Good Samaritan Society worker
A former Good Samaritan Society worker who filed a court application seeking justice, compensation and access to her locked-in retirement account has …
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FeaturedRemote Working
Remote work option ending for thousands of public, private sector workers in 2026
By Catherine Morrison The new year will bring some big changes to the rules on in-office work for many employees across the country …
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FeaturedLabour Relations
RCMP union cuts into Alberta Next Panel for recommendation to shed Mounties
By Dayne Patterson The national RCMP union is criticizing what it calls a “misleading” Alberta government panel report that urges Premier Danielle Smith’s …
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By Trent Wilkie | St. Albert Gazette Unionization in Alberta delivers clear financial benefits, shrinking the gender wage gap, and boosts pay for …
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FeaturedGovernment Policy & BudgetsPensions
Alberta Next panel recommends referendum to quit CPP, ditching RCMP
By Lisa Johnson Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s hand-picked panel re-examining the province’s relationship with Ottawa says it’s time to ditch the RCMP and …
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Artificial Intelligence (AI)Featured
Alberta towns see AI data centres as ‘second coming of oil’ — but some worry at what cost
By Natasha Bulowski | Canada’s National Observer Neil Johnson came home from a conference on artificial intelligence with dollar signs in his eyes. …
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FeaturedGovernment Policy & Budgets
Ottawa and Alberta extend child care agreements by one year to maintain $15 a day cost
The federal and Alberta governments have extended their early learning and child care agreements by one year until March 31, 2027. The …

