[ad_1] A company that was at first in support of Alberta’s oil curtailment plans is now expressing concern. Workers and community leaders in Bonnyville are warning of impacts on jobs. Vinesh Pratap reports. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Workers in communities like Bonnyville, Lakeland County, Elk Point and Lloydminster are worried changes to Alberta’s oil curtailment formula will cost as many as 1,000 people their jobs. “Everyone’s in kind of a state of panic,” said Kurt Muller, who runs Jacknife Oilfield Services, a transportation and mechanical repair company in Bonnyville. “It’s challenging.[…]
[ad_1] The Alberta government is full steam ahead on an advertising campaign trying to convince Canadians that the Trans Mountain Pipeline is a must-build project. Work began on the Keep Canada Working campaign back in January, and as recently as November, the government said it had spent $10 million on the project. But on Jan.[…]
[ad_1] The City of Montreal is shortstaffed as workers race against the clock to clear large amounts of slush and water before temperatures plummet over night once again. Weather conditions forced widespread school closures, which in turn affected blue collar workers. READ MORE: Icy conditions force widespread Montreal-area school closures “In our borough, many workers didn’t[…]
[ad_1] Yasir Naqvi, the former Liberal MPP for Ottawa Centre and Attorney General of Ontario, has been named CEO of the Toronto-based Institute for Canadian Citizenship. The national charity, which describes itself as an independent organization that promotes civic and cultural participation among new Canadian citizens, announced Naqvi’s new job on Wednesday afternoon. Naqvi was[…]
[ad_1] For the fourth time in his tenure as Lethbridge Mayor, Chris Spearman delivered a state of the city address on Tuesday. In front of a large audience at the Sandman Hotel, Spearman touched on a number of topics from 2018, while also looking ahead to what the community can expect this year. READ MORE:[…]
[ad_1] During his confirmation hearing for Attorney General, William Barr said it’s possible if a reporter news organization has “run through a red flag” they could face consequences. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Hundreds of Honduran migrants began the long trek north on Monday, part of new U.S.-bound caravan that hopes to succeed even as a previous wave of Central Americans were unable to quickly enter the United States. Central American migrant caravans have become a flashpoint in the debate over U.S. immigration policy, as President Donald[…]
[ad_1] TORONTO – An Ontario court has rejected a request to speed up a hearing into whether it should order the province’s ombudsman to investigate the appointment of a friend of a premier’s to the job of top cop. OPP deputy commissioner Brad Blair is asking Ontario’s Divisional Court to force an investigation into the[…]
[ad_1] DETROIT – A spokeswoman for Ontario’s premier says Doug Ford will use a trip to a Detroit auto show to meet with executives from General Motors and several other automakers today. Ivana Yelich says Ford will not try to push GM to reconsider shuttering its plant in Oshawa at year’s end when he meets[…]