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Alberta's Infrastructure Boom Faces a Crushing Reality: We're Running Out of Engineers
Alberta's major infrastructure boom faces a critical threat: a projected shortage of over 10,000 engineers by 2030....
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Alberta's Substitute Teacher Crisis: 200 Daily Absences Crippling Calgary Schools
Calgary public schools leave roughly 200 teaching positions unfilled daily, forcing educators to combine classes and...
Business
Tech Giants Slash Thousands of Jobs as AI Race Drives Massive Infrastructure Costs
Meta cuts 8,000 jobs while Microsoft offers buyouts—tech giants prioritize AI spending over workforce as...
USA
U.S. House Votes to Protect Haitian Immigrants Facing Deportation
U.S. House advances bipartisan bill to protect 350,000 Haitian immigrants facing deportation, citing workforce needs...
Technology
Calgary's Toast Recruits Alberta Innovates Leader as Chief Operating Officer
Calgary tech recruitment platform Toast names Alberta Innovates veteran Nicole Shokoples as COO to lead expansion into...
Health
Maritime Provinces Team Up to Fight Skyrocketing Travel Nurse Costs
Maritime provinces announce plan for public travel-nurse agency to combat skyrocketing private contractor costs costing...
Technology
AI Is Coming for Women's Jobs — While Women Are Shut Out of Building It
Canadian women face nearly 3x the AI job-displacement risk of men — yet make up just 22% of the AI workforce. A...
USA
Montreal Tech Pioneer Yanik Guillemette Releases Major AI Business Impact Study for North American Market
Montreal technology entrepreneur Yanik Guillemette has released a comprehensive study analyzing AI adoption across...
Canada
The Invisible Workforce: How 8 Million Unpaid Canadian Caregivers Are Quietly Holding the Economy Together
A WestNet News investigation reveals that 7.8 million Canadians provide unpaid family care worth $97.1 billion annually...