Alberta Job Cuts

• Alberta family with sick child devastated by Christmas layoff: ‘We’re going to lose everything’

  Kenneth Rodgers found out he was laid off just three days before Christmas, meaning he lost the benefits coverage that paid for his daughter's chemotherapy.

  Health

  Dec 23, 2020
  
• Retired Alberta Agriculture researcher calls provincial cuts ‘devastating’

  A clearer picture is emerging about the impact of government layoffs in southern Alberta. Many of the job losses involve Alberta Agriculture and Forestry employees.

  Economy

  Oct 23, 2020
  
• Advertisement
• Alberta cutting 930 jobs in social services, agriculture, wildfire management: AUPE

  "These are public sector workers in a variety of fields... community disability workers as well as people who work in wildfire management as well as farm safety," the NDP said.

  Economy

  Oct 21, 2020
• Advertisement
• Thousands of Alberta Health Services jobs to be cut in effort to save $600M annually

  Upwards of 11,000 individuals will be affected by the layoffs, which are hoped to result in savings of $600 million per year once implemented.

  Health

  Oct 13, 2020
• Wood Buffalo eliminates 168 jobs due to poor economy, Fort McMurray wildfire

  The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo is eliminating 168 positions as a result of the poor Alberta economy and the impact of last spring's Fort McMurray wildfire.

  Canada

  Jan 31, 2017
• Layoffs at Calgary-based ConocoPhillips Canada start this week

  Employees learned of the dates when layoffs would take effect last week, spokesperson Rob Evans told Global News.

  Economy

  Sep 11, 2016
• ConocoPhillips Canada to cut up to 300 jobs in September

  Company spokesman Rob Evans said Friday the cuts are part of a global staff realignment to match future activity levels, with Canada looking less attractive than some of its other operations.

  Economy

  Jul 22, 2016