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CITIES: Calgary, Edmonton continue to draw in settlers
        (AlbertaIndex, August 1, Friday) --- The cities of Calgary and Edmonton have a combined population of 1.795 million, or just over half of Alberta’s, according to the latest census findings.
 
LABOUR: Canada creating better jobs despite hiring slowdown, Saskatchewan surpasses Alberta
        (AlbertaIndex, July 31, Thursday) --- Quality, not quantity: that seems to be the message Canadian employers are sending out to job seekers.
 
ECONOMY: Alberta-BC trade agreement to soon cover schools, hospitals and municipalities
        (AlbertaIndex, July 30, Wednesday) --- Alberta and British Columbia are working towards extending their Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement (TILMA) agreement on labour mobility to cover municipalities, academic institutions, school boards and the health sector (MASH).
 
LABOUR: AFL denounces “out of control” import of “disposable” foreign workers in Alberta
        (AlbertaIndex, July 29, Tuesday) --- The Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) has hit out at the provincial and federal governments as well as employers for letting the number of “disposable” foreign workers flooding into Alberta to reach “out of control” proportions.
 
ENVIRONMENT: Sour gas plants reduced emissions by 45% since 2007, says ERCB
      (AlbertaIndex, July 28, Monday) --- The Alberta Energy and Resources Conservation Board (ERCB) said emissions from the province’s sour gas plants have fallen by 45% since 2000, and by 17% from 2006 to 2007.
 
ECONOMY: Grim news even for resource-rich Canada
        (AlbertaIndex, July 25, Friday) --- The recent sharp decline in commodity prices, especially for oil, has coincided with a spate of unequivocally bearish pronouncements on the outlook for the Canadian economy.
 
EDUCATION: Consortium to help build 18 schools in Edmonton and Calgary under PPP scheme
        (AlbertaIndex, July 24, Thursday) --- Alberta Infrastructure has named an international consortium to design, build, finance, maintain and renew nine schools in Edmonton and nine schools in Calgary by July 2010.
 
JOBS: Calgary Health Region accepting online applications
        (AlbertaIndex, July 23, Wednesday) --- The Calgary Health Region has launched a website that advertises its job vacancies and accepts online applications.
 
CITY: Edmonton’s website to calculate your eco-footprints
        (AlbertaIndex, July 22, Tuesday) --- Calculate your impact on the environment at
http://edmonton.zerofootprint.net/, the eco-footprint website recently launched by Edmonton city.
 
ECONOMY: The double-edged sword of free trade and Alberta’s dependence on the US
       (AlbertaIndex, July 21, Monday) --- Alberta’s economy has greatly benefitted from free trade and its close ties with the US, said the provincial government citing a new study by the University of Alberta School of Business’ Western Centre for Economic Research.
 
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