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A Labour Day tradition in Atlantic Canada is the Wharf Rat Rally in Digby, Nova Scotia, while the rest of Canada watches the Labour Day Classic, a Canadian Football League event where rivals like Calgary Stampeders & Edmonton Elks, Hamilton Tiger-Cats & Toronto Argonauts (except in the 2011 and 2013 seasons, due to scheduling conflicts), and ...
1926 -– Alberta used proportional representation (STV) to elect MLAs in Edmonton and Calgary. CLP's Lionel Gibbs elected in Edmonton; DLP's Fred White and Independent-Labour candidate Robert Parkyn elected in Calgary. (Use of STV to elect Edmonton MLAs produced election of Labour/CCF MLA every election from 1926 to 1955, excepting 1935 and 1940.
The Labour Day Classic (French: Classique de la fête du travail, branded as OK Tire Labour Day Weekend for sponsorship reasons) is a week of the Canadian Football League (CFL) schedule played over the Labour Day weekend (which includes the first Monday in September). Labour Day weekend, roughly 12 or 13 weeks into the CFL season, is known for ...
The 18-day event consists of a mix of live entertainment, agricultural displays, exhibits, a large carnival midway with many rides, games and food, casino, sports events and shopping areas. The Canadian International Air Show on Labour Day weekend has been a major feature of the fair since 1949, held over Lake Ontario just south of the CNE grounds.
With the support of Labour Party aldermen on the Edmonton city council and the ETLC, the strike ended with success on 19 March. [22] In October 1918, the Edmonton Trades and Labour Council voted for a general sympathy strike with striking postal workers and the ongoing railway strike. Edmonton Grand Trunk Railway machinist E.J. Thompson stated:
Canada Day: July: Celebrated with a pancake breakfast and other morning events at the Alberta Legislature grounds, and fireworks. Cariwest [4] mid-August: Caribbean carnival Chinese New Year: January/February: Celebrated in many locations including Bonnie Doon Mall, West Edmonton Mall, Kingsway Mall, and Chinatown, Edmonton.
The Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) is the Alberta provincial trade union federation [3] of the Canadian Labour Congress. It has a membership of approximately 170,000 from 26 affiliated unions. It has a membership of approximately 170,000 from 26 affiliated unions.
An ironworkers union at the 2008 Toronto Labour Day Parade.. The Toronto Labour Day Parade is an annual event held in the city of Toronto. [1] The parade is organized by the Toronto and York District Labour Council following a route down University Avenue, then west along Queen Street West then proceeding down Dufferin Street entering the Canadian National Exhibition via the Dufferin Gate.