Between December 2018 and December 2022, Alberta saw 1,872 fewer active business, the largest decline seen by any province in Canada during that period.
Author: Kim Siever
Kim Siever is an independent queer journalist based in Lethbridge, Alberta, and writes daily news articles, focusing on politics and labour.
You probably know that privatization of public services worsens those services, but did you know that it worsens the economy, too?
The mediated new collective agreement comes after several years of wage freezes.
Lethbridge EMS responded to the highest number of drug-related events last month than in any other March over the last 5 years.
Despite Alberta gaining nearly 11,000 new full-time jobs last month, Alberta had the highest unemployment rate outside Atlantic Canada.
Since January 2019, Alberta’s payroll employees have increased slower than the general population has. In fact, it was so slow, only two other provinces were slower.
Between January 2019 and January 2023, Alberta saw the lowest average weekly wage growth in the country.
Since December 2012, Alberta has seen the largest discrepancy in the country between increases to worker wages and increases to the cost of living.
This brings the total to 13 completed calls to action since the TRC released their report in 2015. That’s fewer than 2 a year.
Every year since the UCP government defunded the SCS, drug deaths in Lethbridge have hit a new record. Last year was no exception.