https://globalnews.ca Tue, 30 Sep 2025 23:36:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 176892389 https://globalnews.ca/news/11458336/imperial-oil-job-cuts-oil-industry-changes/ https://globalnews.ca/news/11458336/imperial-oil-job-cuts-oil-industry-changes/#respond Tue, 30 Sep 2025 22:52:43 +0000 https://globalnews.ca/?p=11458336 https://globalnews.ca/news/11458336/imperial-oil-job-cuts-oil-industry-changes/feed/ 0 11458336 imperial 1_1 Energy industry experts say, Imperial Oil's announcement on Monday that it's laying off hundreds of employees in Canada, is part of a larger industry trend to deal with low oil prices, new technology and unfavourable government policies. A recent report from EY Canada, predicted that by 2040, some oil industry jobs could see a more than 60 per cent drop in employment because of artificial intelligence. https://globalnews.ca/news/11457804/alberta-teachers-poised-strike/ https://globalnews.ca/news/11457804/alberta-teachers-poised-strike/#respond Tue, 30 Sep 2025 21:56:57 +0000 https://globalnews.ca/?p=11457804 https://globalnews.ca/news/11457804/alberta-teachers-poised-strike/feed/ 0 11457804 classroom 1_1 The President of the Alberta Teachers Association told Global News on Tuesday, that teachers are poised to go on strike starting at 12 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 6. With no new contract talks planned between the province and teachers, Alberta Finance Minister, Nate Horner, said it is up to the teachers union to determine the next steps in the contract dispute, to which the head of the ATA reacted by saying teachers provided a definitive answer when close to 90 per cent of them voted to reject the government's latest contract offer. https://globalnews.ca/news/11458193/alberta-premier-defends-lowest-minimum-wage/ https://globalnews.ca/news/11458193/alberta-premier-defends-lowest-minimum-wage/#respond Tue, 30 Sep 2025 21:07:42 +0000 https://globalnews.ca/?p=11458193 https://globalnews.ca/news/11458193/alberta-premier-defends-lowest-minimum-wage/feed/ 0 11458193 smith again_1 In 2018, Alberta had the highest minimum wage in Canada, but starting Oct. 1, it will have the lowest minimum wage in the country. https://globalnews.ca/news/11457940/moderator-danielle-smith-alberta-next-bruce-mcallister-apology/ https://globalnews.ca/news/11457940/moderator-danielle-smith-alberta-next-bruce-mcallister-apology/#respond Tue, 30 Sep 2025 19:31:29 +0000 https://globalnews.ca/?p=11457940 https://globalnews.ca/news/11457940/moderator-danielle-smith-alberta-next-bruce-mcallister-apology/feed/ 0 11457940 an bruce cropped When a teenager tried to ask a question at the Alberta Next town hall in Calgary on Monday, moderator Bruce McAllister cut off his mic and told him "I know you'd love some chaos, but your parents should turn you over your knee." Evan Li is the grade 12 student at Winston Churchill high school in Calgary, who had his mic cut off when he tried to ask a question about the teachers strike at the Alberta Next town hall in Calgary on Monday evening. The moderator of Monday's Alberta Next town hall in Calgary, apologized in an online post, for suggesting a teenager's parents should spank him, when he tried to ask a question. 17-year-old Evan Li says the last time he was treated the way McAllister treated him, was when he was picked on by high school bullies. The moderator of the Alberta Next town halls, Bruce McAllister, has been accused of making a number of disparaging comments to people trying to ask questions to the panel, especially if they are critical of the provincial government. https://globalnews.ca/news/11457942/imperial-oil-layoffs-deeply-disappointing-energy-minister/ https://globalnews.ca/news/11457942/imperial-oil-layoffs-deeply-disappointing-energy-minister/#respond Tue, 30 Sep 2025 19:03:04 +0000 https://globalnews.ca/?p=11457942 https://globalnews.ca/news/11457942/imperial-oil-layoffs-deeply-disappointing-energy-minister/feed/ 0 11457942 Alta-CCUS-Funding 20250704 https://globalnews.ca/news/11457845/missing-alberta-boy-darius-macdougall-family/ Tue, 30 Sep 2025 18:45:47 +0000 https://globalnews.ca/?p=11457845 11457845 search 2_1 The search for 6-year-old Darius Macdougall is complicated because he has autism, so may not respond to searchers when he sees them or hears them call his name. 6-year-old Darius Macdougall went missing on Sept. 21, while out for a walk with other young family members, near Island Lake campground in southwestern Alberta. https://globalnews.ca/news/11457694/exxonmobil-cut-jobs-restructuring/ https://globalnews.ca/news/11457694/exxonmobil-cut-jobs-restructuring/#respond Tue, 30 Sep 2025 17:41:40 +0000 https://globalnews.ca/?p=11457694 https://globalnews.ca/news/11457694/exxonmobil-cut-jobs-restructuring/feed/ 0 11457694 2024110109118-20241101061156-6724b4802d1fe6acff246914jpeg.jpg Crude oil prices are down about 10 per cent so far this year, because of increased global supply. The announcement of job cuts at ExxonMobil, come a day after Calgary-based subsidiary Imperial Oil announced plans to cut its workforce by 20 per cent. The company employs about 5,100 people in Canada. https://globalnews.ca/news/11457577/alberta-next-panel-danielle-smith-calgary/ https://globalnews.ca/news/11457577/alberta-next-panel-danielle-smith-calgary/#respond Tue, 30 Sep 2025 16:15:18 +0000 https://globalnews.ca/?p=11457577 https://globalnews.ca/news/11457577/alberta-next-panel-danielle-smith-calgary/feed/ 0 11457577 an protestors 3_1 People wait in a lineup to get into the final Alberta Next town hall in Calgary on Monday. A high school student who attempted to question panel members about the provincial government's dispute with teachers, had his mic abruptly cut off as moderator Bruce McAllister suggested the students teachers should "turn you over their knee." A slide featuring an image of former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, among many used in the the panel's slide show criticizing how the federal government has treated Alberta. https://globalnews.ca/news/11456952/alberta-businesses-teachers-strike/ https://globalnews.ca/news/11456952/alberta-businesses-teachers-strike/#respond Tue, 30 Sep 2025 01:54:39 +0000 https://globalnews.ca/?p=11456952 https://globalnews.ca/news/11456952/alberta-businesses-teachers-strike/feed/ 0 11456952 pumpkins https://globalnews.ca/news/11456901/alberta-2004-murder-faint-hope-clause/ Tue, 30 Sep 2025 01:05:59 +0000 https://globalnews.ca/?p=11456901 11456901 EdmontonLawCourts2025