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 [...]
Building Trades of Alberta appeals to environment minister to approve Teck’s Frontier oil sands project EDMONTON – Today, the Building Trades of Alberta requested approval of Teck’s Frontier oil sands project north of Fort McKay in a letter sent to [...]
BTA MEDIA RELEASE: Hundreds expected at Building Trades of Alberta Labour Day picnic tomorrow EDMONTON – The Building Trades of Alberta will host its second annual Labour Day picnic at the Alberta legislature grounds tomorrow from 11 a.m. – 3 [...]
Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019 BTA MEDIA RELEASE: Building Trades of Alberta to donate $750,000 from "Rebuild McMurray" Hope Fund to Fort McMurray community organizations tomorrow Fort McMurray – The Building Trades of Alberta will donate $750,000 from its “Rebuild McMurray” [...]
Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019 BTA MEDIA RELEASE: John Tackaberry Memorial Golf Tournament tomorrow EDMONTON – The fifth-annual John Tackaberry Memorial Golf Tournament, which has raised more than $500,000 for Alberta-based charities and organizations since it began, starts tomorrow morning at [...]