Alberta

Canada’s labour market received a surge in full−time and private−sector work last month that helped to drive down the national unemployment rate to 7.1 per cent, Statistics Canada said Friday.

Prominent scientists are warning Alberta's environment minister that disbanding an arm's-length body that monitors the environmental impact of the oilsands is a mistake.

A man has been charged after staff say someone phoned the legislature office of Alberta Environment Minister Shannon Phillips and threatened to shoot everyone over the carbon tax.

CAPP estimates 110,000 direct and indirect jobs have been lost in the downturn,

Alberta is poised to make significant investments to promote energy efficiency that will create jobs and support the households that are trying to go green.

"There are a lot of people who have lost jobs in Alberta," McKenna said. "I’m not saying that we destroy our planet. But I think we need to be thoughtful of how we move forward.”

For young Albertans stranded in one of the toughest provincial economies since their birth, it’s a straightforward case of fight, flight, or freeze.

The solar industry says Alberta can draw $5 billion in new investments while creating 70,000 jobs with the right government policies.

Many large Canadian companies are financing legal action against President Barack Obama’s climate change plan, putting the public and their investors at risk, said a new report released on Monday.

St. Albert is getting set to offer its commuters long-range electric buses, the first such service in Canada