EDMONTON – On Oct. 1, the Building Trades of Alberta will host a meeting with TransPod, the Canadian company that recently signed a memorandum of understanding with the province to develop a hyperloop system connecting Alberta’s two major cities, to discuss ways [...]
EDMONTON – Division 7.1 within Bill 32, Balancing Alberta’s Workplaces Act, tabled today in the Alberta legislature would, upon approval, allow greater competition in the way project collective agreements in the province are negotiated, says the Building Trades of Alberta [...]
EDMONTON, AB - With National Indigenous Peoples' Day approaching June 21, the Building Trades of Alberta is launching phase one of its Path Forward campaign, which aims to instill hope and a sense of belonging among Alberta's Indigenous youth through [...]
CALGARY – The Building Trades of Alberta is pleased the City of Calgary will move forward with Stage 1 of the Green Line LRT mega project following a 14-1 council vote yesterday. “Not only will the Green Line project create [...]
CALGARY – Building trades union locals from southern Alberta will donate $5,000 to the Wood Buffalo Food Bank to help the community continue its recovery from the devastating flood that hit the area last month. United Association of Plumbers and [...]
EDMONTON - Reports of more than 100 cases of COVID-19 linked to Imperial Oil’s Kearl Lake oilsands facility in northern Alberta are concerning, but do not reflect overall camp safety in the province, says Building Trades of Alberta. “The vast [...]
FORT MCMURRAY – The Building Trades of Alberta Charitable Foundation has donated $20,000 to the Wood Buffalo Food Bank to help the community recover from the devastating flood that ravaged the area late last month. The donation was unanimously approved [...]
FORT MCMURRAY – Several Building Trades of Alberta affiliates and community members have donated items ranging from non-perishable food items, to new clothing, toiletries, thousands of water bottles and more to help those displaced because of flooding in Fort McMurray. [...]
BTA MEDIA RELEASE: Motion 501 could provide the industry certainty that’s needed to boost jobs and economy EDMONTON – On March 2, Lac Ste. Anne-Parkland MLA Shane Getson introduced Motion 501 in the Alberta legislature. Motion 501 begins the process [...]
Media release: Building Trades of Alberta disappointed in withdrawal of Frontier regulatory application EDMONTON – The Building Trades of Alberta is disappointed to learn that Teck Resources removed the Frontier project from the regulatory review process from the federal environmental [...]