HELP WANTED: 30,000 skilled welders, electricians and pipe fitters
Submitted by 3cs on Mon, 2006-07-10 19:15. oil | relocate | reserve | skilled workers | vacancy | work
With crude oil selling for over $70 a barrel, costly development of unconventional oil supplies finally appears viable. Canada, already the USA's No. 1 source of imported oil, is moving forward with plans to massively expand production of oil from giant tar-like deposits in the country's West called "oil sands."
Wanted: Anywhere to live in booming Calgary
Submitted by 3cs on Fri, 2006-06-30 07:00. calgary | immigration | vacancy | workersMario Paquin doesn't speak English, doesn't know anybody in Calgary and doesn't have a job. But when the 40-year-old from Quebec City arrived on the outskirts of the city June 18 looking for work as a ceramic tile layer, the only real obstacle to planting new roots — finding a place to live — is one thing he doesn't have to worry about.
Canada needs more bilingual grads
Submitted by 3cs on Sun, 2006-10-15 11:13. canada bilingual language english frenchOTTAWA -- Canada's new official languages commissioner says he favours tying federal university funding to a program which requires graduates to speak both official languages -- French and English -- in order to obtain their degrees.
Commuting Times Rising: StatsCan
Submitted by jeramy on Fri, 2006-07-14 17:32.Workers in Alberta's largest cities are spending more time on the road.
The average round-trip driving time for an Edmonton resident commuting to work by car last year was 62 minutes. That's up from 50 minutes in 1992, according to a new study by Statistics Canada.
Why Teens Were Tough For Tyrannosaurus
Submitted by jeramy on Fri, 2006-07-14 17:27.Young dinosaurs lived in packs with nurturing parents like modern mammals, paleontologists who studied a group of fossils in Alberta's Badlands say.
Millions of fossils are scattered throughout the area, but one quarry is home to at least 22 individual Albertosaurus dinosaurs, a close cousin of Tyrannosaurus rex.
Farms A Growing Niche For Newcomers
Submitted by jeramy on Thu, 2006-07-13 15:58. Farming
An abundant supply of farmland could offer huge potential to immigrants as our ethnic diversity creates a ready marketplace
Few US workers who could telecommute do so: study
Submitted by jeramy on Thu, 2006-07-13 15:07. telecommute | US | workersNEW YORK (Reuters) - One-quarter of the U.S. work force could be doing their jobs from home if all those able to telecommute chose to do so, according to a study on Wednesday which said many still elect to work at the office.
Canadian government to announce compensation for Hep-C victims this month
Submitted by 3cs on Thu, 2006-07-13 14:43. government | healthOTTAWA -- The Conservative government will soon announce more than $1-billion of funding for uncompensated victims of the tainted blood scandal, The Canadian Press has learned.
An internal government communications plan obtained by CP shows Health Minister Tony Clement was scheduled to "announce the framework agreement on Hep C'' in Toronto last Thursday.