Eastern Alberta communities fear NDP’s oil production cap change will mean job losses

Eastern Alberta communities fear NDP’s oil production cap change will mean job losses

in Jan 29, 2019

[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.[…]

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‘I believe you were not doing your job’: EMSB votes to dock chair’s salary over prolonged absence – Montreal

‘I believe you were not doing your job’: EMSB votes to dock chair’s salary over prolonged absence – Montreal

in Jan 28, 2019

[ad_1] English Montreal School Board (EMSB) chairperson Angela Mancini was in the hot seat Monday evening, as school commissioners gathered for a special meeting to address Mancini’s prolonged absence from board-related functions. On Friday, Mancini attended an EMSB event at a school in Hampstead; it was her first public appearance since last October. During the time Mancini was absent,[…]

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Research project on injured workers heading back to the job gets $1.4M funding boost

Research project on injured workers heading back to the job gets $1.4M funding boost

in Jan 23, 2019

[ad_1] Sang-Hun Mun came to Toronto from Korea in 2004 and began a carpentry apprenticeship. The following year, he fell off a roof onto the concrete ground below. “I broke my right foot…I got injured, my neck and shoulder and back,” he said. Mun still feels the effects of that injury today. He says he[…]

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Mistakes to avoid when trying to land a job after parenting gap

Mistakes to avoid when trying to land a job after parenting gap

in Jan 22, 2019

[ad_1] Getting back into a career after staying home to raise kids can be daunting, especially competing against people who haven’t left the workforce. “I had my hands in a lot of things, but I never really had a career,” Carlin Getz said. She stayed at home for 11 years to raise three kids. During[…]

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Indigenous energy company touts job creation in joint venture to make bitumen pucks

Indigenous energy company touts job creation in joint venture to make bitumen pucks

in Jan 17, 2019

[ad_1] The CEO of an Indigenous energy company says a project to transform oilsands bitumen into pucks for safer shipping to customers around the world will potentially create needed jobs in northern Alberta while helping to recycle plastic litter. Jeff Paquin says the project his company, Wapahki Energy Ltd., is working on with Canadian National[…]

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Lethbridge mayor speaks on drug crisis and job creation in state of the city address – Lethbridge

Lethbridge mayor speaks on drug crisis and job creation in state of the city address – Lethbridge

in Jan 15, 2019

[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:[…]

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