IRCC employees at the Case Processing Centre were shocked to learn on Thursday, Oct. 27, that the Federal government plans to close their processing centre in Vegreville and relocate it to Edmonton by the end of 2018.
Prairies
May 10, 2016
The Public Service Alliance of Canada extends its solidarity to the vast numbers of Albertans in Fort McMurray and surrounding communities who have been forced to leave their homes as wildfires advance and engulf their homes and businesses.
May 4, 2016
We are deeply concerned by the ongoing forest fire in Fort McMurray, Alberta. There are no reported deaths or major injuries as of this moment. We have communicated with elected PSAC union representatives in the region to check on the safety of our members in the area.
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January 26, 2016
On behalf of our members throughout Canada, PSAC expresses deepest and heartfelt sympathy to the families and friends of the victims of last week’s horrific events in La Loche, Saskatchewan.
June 30, 2014
Marianne Hladun was re-elected Prairies Regional Executive Vice-President on April 23, 2017.
September 10, 2013
Ontario and Manitoba have had to step in to save a facility internationally reknowned for research into how human activity impacts freshwater systems, including things like phosphates, acid rain, climate change and fish farming. Established in 1968 and run by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, the Experimental Lakes Area in northwestern Ontario was threatened when the federal government announced in 2012 that it was cutting all funding.