Jamie Paris, a 29 year old TransCanada worker, was the welder who died after falling from a scaffolding at a Northern Alberta pipeline construction site while working for the energy company on March 21, 2016. According to Alberta Occupational Health and Safety the workplace accident occurred at approximately 10:45 a.m. Jamie Paris was contracted by…
Read moreRecently a scaffolding accident at a TransCanada project in the oilsands region caused the death of a 29 year old contractor. According to both TransCanada and Alberta Occupational Health & Safety an electrician fell 29 metres from scaffolding. The contractor was working with the company Horton CBI Ltd. And the fall was fatal. Mark Cooper,…
Read moreThe Obama administration rejected the Keystone XL project after several long years of delaying a decision, and for what many considered political reasons, but now TransCanada is fighting back with a decision to file a Chapter 11 NAFTA claim against the United States Government as well as suing the US Government in court as well.…
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TransCanada, a major pipeline company, has announced layoffs that will affect 185 positions. The announcements show that 100 full time employees will be laid off, and 85 contractors face the same fate. According to Mark Cooper, the spokesman for TransCanada, “These positions were removed following a restructuring of the Major Projects department that was designed…
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TransCanada still has hope that the Keystone XL pipeline will be approved by the new Congress, and the company is calling out the legislators in the US government to overcome a threatened veto by President Obama. When Republicans in the new Congress won a majority of seats this provided hope that the long stalled project…
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