Job Market Trends and News

(Source: http://www.jobbank.gc.ca/LMI_bulletin.do?cid=3373&EVENTCD=&INDUSTRYCD=&AREA=25262)

Week of Jun 23 – Jun 27, 2014

Alberta

Following labour market events is key to helping job seekers understand where the opportunities (short, medium and long-term) might be in a local community and elsewhere in the country.

The following table presents local and regional labour market events and announcements for the selected Province or Territory which can complement your job search and career exploration.

• Suncor is partnering with five other energy companies to build and operate a $165M water research centre north of Fort McMurray
• Aecon Group has been awarded a mining contract, estimated at $123M, for site development at the Fort Hills oil sands project north of Fort McMurray
• Calgary United Cab, a new taxi service launched in Calgary, is structured as a co-operative with profit sharing for the 70 drivers involved with the company
• The Government of Canada is providing $1.1M to the University of Alberta for a new microscope to be used in the production of semi-conductors for computers and industrial applications
• The University of Lethbridge and Lethbridge College have jointly received a $5M private donation to establish the Cor Van Raay Southern Alberta Agribusiness Program
• Construction has started on a skateboard park, the first phase of an adventure park, in the hamlet of Clairmont
• Strathcona County is planning to expand its services to seniors through the Older Adults Program
• Strathcona County has developed an online child care bank that will provide parents with information and a list of child care providers
• The Trans America Group is planning two mixed office and commercial buildings in Sherwood Park, with completion scheduled for 2016
• Parkland County is recruiting for the new fire station in Acheson. The county anticipates a transfer of up to 15 employees from the Parkland Village station to the new site in Acheson.
• The Knowledge Tree Early Learning and Child Care Centre in Valleyview has recently opened, creating four full-time positions and three part-time positions
• The Town of Whitecourt has awarded a contract to First Canada to operate a public transit system in the community, with the service expected to launch in September 2014
• The Town of Whitecourt is losing two RCMP members after a policing agreement with the Eagle River Casino was suspended
• KCWest Management and Avion Development have received approval from the Town of Whitecourt for the construction of 126 apartments and 19 fourplexes
• Airdrie Transit is expanding its weekend service to include connections to the McKnight-Westwinds LRT station in Calgary, starting July 5, 2014
• The Edmonton Economic Development Authority has signed an agreement with Gascana AB Energy and Gascana-Sino Industrial Park Administrative Committee to develop a 405-hectare industrial park in Sturgeon County
• TransCanada Pipeline is planning to begin construction in the fall of 2014 on the $3B Grand Rapids Project, a pipeline and storage tank system that will service the West Athabasca oil sands region
• The Town of Morinville has approved the rezoning of land that will permit the construction of 92 housing units
• The City of Red Deer has signed a five-year contract with Alberta Health Services that will retain ambulance dispatch in the city, delaying a previous move by the Government of Alberta to centralize dispatch services
• The Southern Alberta Institute of Technology is adding nearly 1,200 student spaces in the fall of 2014, through a grant from the Government of Alberta