Alberta Employment

• Future of Work 2024: Calgary

  The Future of Work 2024 editorial series, an in-depth collection of interviews and stories, will help Calgarians navigate new opportunities within the ever-evolving job market. 

  Economy

  Mar 19
  
• Lethbridge unemployment rate declined: Statistics Canada

  Statistics Canada shows around 2,900 people found work in the Lethbridge census metropolitan area in October 2023.

  Canada

  Nov 6, 2023
  
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• Alberta reaches 4.9% unemployment rate, on par with Canada

  The unemployment rate in Alberta is sitting at 4.9 per cent. It's the first time in a long time the province's average is the same as the national average.

  Economy

  Jul 8, 2022
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• Banff feeling the pinch of worker shortage: ‘They have not come back’

  Banff is excited to welcome tourists this summer, but businesses are still trying to fill vacant positions.

  Canada

  Jun 2, 2022
• New federal provincial program expected to create 22,000 jobs in Alberta

  Alberta employers will be able to apply for a grant to cover 25 per cent of an employee's salary for a 52-week period, up to a maximum of $25,000 per employee.

  Economy

  May 19, 2021
• Labour Day sees dueling messages from Alberta UCP and NDP

  On the Labour Day holiday Monday, the United Conservative government and the Official Opposition both sent out news releases — with very different messages.

  News

  Sep 2, 2019
• Lower minimum wage for Alberta youth takes effect Wednesday

  The new $13-per-hour minimum wage applies to workers aged 13 to 17. 

  Consumer

  Jun 26, 2019
• Pipeline constraints to slow Alberta’s economy to single-digit growth in 2019: ATB

  Alberta's economic outlook, published by ATB Thursday, expects real GDP growth of just 0.7 per cent in 2019, thanks in large part to pipeline constraints.

  Economy

  May 16, 2019
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• Recession rebound: How Albertans are bouncing back differently by age, gender and region

  In the years since the end of the recession, in October 2016, the province has been slowly rebuilding its workforce, but it's been an uphill battle for thousands of people and the bounce-back varies greatly across the province. 

  Economy

  Apr 3, 2019
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• Alberta Election Fact Check: UCP claims NDP’s plan killed 48,000 jobs in 4 months

  United Conservatives say nearly 50,000 full-time jobs have been lost in Alberta over the last four months. Is this true? And, could the cause of this be NDP policies, as the UCP suggests?

  Economy

  Mar 21, 2019