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Alberta Diary: Is it time to take our pots and pans into Alberta’s freezing...

More than 1,000 union members and their supporters gathered at the Alberta Legislature last night to continue protests against the Redford Government’s Bill 45, which as well as attacking unions...

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daveberta.ca - Alberta politics: Threatening to strike in Alberta? Under Bill...

TweetJasper Beardly explains the Redford Government’s Bill 45: ”Threatening to strike? That’s a paddlin’. Talking about going on strike? That’s a paddlin’.” In their rush to pass anti-labour laws that...

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daveberta.ca - Alberta politics: PC MLAs vote for Bill 45, but law limiting...

TweetDespite a united front from opposition parties, days of large protests by public sector unions, and calls by constitutional experts that the law would be ripe for a Supreme Court challenge, 33 of...

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daveberta.ca - Alberta Politics: Bill 45 deserved to die. Thanks for killing...

One year ago, the PC Party was on verge of meltdown as Alison Redford resigned as leader and Premier. Since then, the political landscape has shifted so dramatically that the only significant thing...

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Alberta Politics: Insightful Parkland Institute study of how media covers...

PHOTO: An Alberta Occupational Health and Safety officer on the job. (Government of Alberta illustration.) Below: Athabasca University labour relations professors Bob Barnetson and Jason Foster,...

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daveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: Put some Alberta Politics under the...

Looking for that special gift for the political junkie in your family? Or maybe you’re searching for a good book to read by an open fire on a cold winter night? If so, here are a few Alberta politics...

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Alberta Politics: Something for the NDP to think about: How about bringing...

PHOTOS: Alberta Labour Minister Christina Gray. Below: Gil McGowan, president of the Alberta Federation of Labour, Athabasca University Labour Studies Professor Bob Barnetson and Ontario Premier...

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Alberta Politics: Derek Fildebrandt, UCP ‘liberty’ advocate, calls for return...

PHOTOS: The late Jim Prentice, during his successful 2014 campaign to lead the Progressive Conservative Party, with supporters in Edmonton. Below: Anti-union “liberty conservative” Derek Fildebrandt,...

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Alberta Politics: Today’s Day of Mourning pieties aside, Alberta workplace...

Today is the International Day of Mourning. Who we mourn are the untold, uncounted numbers of women, men and children who have been killed, injured, disabled or sickened while doing their work. The...

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Alberta Politics: Athabasca University and its faculty approach an impasse in...

Is Alberta’s NDP Government getting ready to bring some serious pressure to bear if that’s what it takes to get a contract agreement between Athabasca

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Alberta Politics: UCP math: 1.5 = 1 – and you’re lucky to get that!

One hour is the same as one and a half hours! Who knew? It’s always an education to listen to the way Jason Kenney and his UCP team explain things. Yesterday, the leader of Alberta’s United...

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