Alberta the Second, Saskatchewans Boom Offically Arrives

Good article mimicking the Alberta boom in Saskatchewan. Worrisome if this trend continues though, we are already tight for workers without competing with Saskatchewan.

Alberta Tuitions Jump Nearly Double the Canadian Average

Alberta tuition jumps show they are considerably more then the rest of the country:

1) Alberta average tuition = $4900 ($400 more then anywhere else in the country)

2) Alberta tuition jump from last year = 4.9% (in comparision to the national average of 2.8%)

Alberta Advantage? Not in post secondary!

Christmas Nightmare ... for employers staffing their stores

Good article discussing Alberta's current job boom and worker shortage and its potential affect on the Christmas Retail Rush.

(Near) Country Wide Has Loonie Soaring and Job Rate Falling

Amazing article that really outlines the Dollar and new job growth and how they have been effected over the past year. Found it encouraging that the total number of new jobs in Canada this year has been well over a quarter million:

"The new jobs helped to boost the total number of positions created in the country this year to 283,000, representing an increase of 1.7 per cent for the period."