News/Canada/Calgary (Page 18)

Calgary Calgary’s unemployment rate is trending higher than the national average — but it’s not about layoffs. Since about 2022, people have been moving to the city faster than they can find jobs Paula Duhatschek · CBC News · Posted: Dec 09, 2024 4:00 AM EST | Last Updated: DecemberContinue Reading

Calgary The Alberta government has decided to cancel a foreign worker recruiting trip to the United Arab Emirates, according to a statement from the Minister of Immigration and Multiculturalism Muhammad Yaseen. The trip was tentatively scheduled for late February or early March next year Kylee Pedersen · CBC News ·Continue Reading

Calgary Crowsnest Pass Mayor Blair Painter says council will explore an annexation of the nearby Municipal District of Ranchland, the site of the proposed coking coal mine at Grassy Mountain. Meanwhile, the reeve of that community calls the move “quite preposterous.” Relations with nearby district have been ‘cold’ recently, Crowsnest Pass mayor saysContinue Reading

Alberta is looking to lure workers from the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) as part of a 2025 international recruitment mission, according to documents and emails shared with CBC News. It’s a move that’s raising concerns among labour leaders in the province.  In a Nov. 5 email, obtained by the federal NDPContinue Reading

Calgary A new Dollarama distribution centre and a lot more of the chain’s stores are headed for Canada over the next decade. Centre expected to be in operation by end of 2027 Tara Deschamps · The Canadian Press · Posted: Dec 04, 2024 12:20 PM EST | Last Updated: DecemberContinue Reading

Calgary A trio of bills affecting transgender people in Alberta have passed the final stage of debate in the legislature and are set to become law. 2SLGBTQ+ advocacy groups moving ahead with legal action in responseAndrew Jeffrey · CBC · Posted: Dec 04, 2024 9:31 AM EST | Last Updated:Continue Reading

Calgary The company, which operates in Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Quebec and Ontario, plans to cut five per cent of its global workforce. Company moves to cut 5% of workforce after revenue dipped in 2024CBC News · Posted: Dec 03, 2024 12:29 PM EST | Last Updated: December 3Continue Reading

Calgary Alberta is still deliberating how it will patrol its border as numbers show a minor amount of drugs and few migrants entering Montana. But Alberta’s public safety minister says any amount of fentanyl is a problem, and a criminologist says there’s a larger picture to consider, too. Few drugsContinue Reading

Calgary It’s been over two weeks since a nationwide strike of Canada Post workers began. Now, with the holiday season fast approaching, a local courier — along with its much bigger competitor, Amazon — is primed to pick up the delivery slack. Calgary courier is seeing an uptick in localContinue Reading