Welding Centres in both Edmonton and Calgary opened with restrictions on May 5th.  We are continuing to follow government restrictions and public health guidelines and have implemented the following protocols: Booths will be available by appointment only for morning and afternoon shifts. Morning booths will be available from 8:15am to 12:00pm and afternoon shifts from 1:00pm… Read more »

For tradespeople from UA 488 interested in working for Local Lodge 146 under the National Maintenance Agreement please note the following: A Reciprocal Agreement for Health and Welfare benefits has been in place between 488 and 146 for 29 years. This agreement directs employers to remit $3.25 an hour to the IBB fund. The IBB… Read more »

Attention All Members: Please be advised and take note that all Suncor sites in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo will begin mandatory Random Drug and Alcohol Testing for all onsite workers in safety Sensitive and Designated Positions effective April 1, 2019. By accepting a dispatch to any of these sites you are affirming you… Read more »

To all Construction Members of Lodge 146: We have a problem and I am asking for your help. There are about 600 open calls at the hall and about 500 members on the Out-of-Work List. We need a special effort from all of our construction members to fill these job calls. If we can’t supply… Read more »

Brother and Sisters, As I write, our organization is experiencing a critical shortage of manpower in all classifications requested to supply skilled, qualified workers to the turnarounds in Alberta. While this is happening we currently have more than enough people on our Out-of-Work-Lists to easily fill the outstanding calls.  I totally get that we all… Read more »

Effective August 15, 2017 the licensed lounges/bars at the Horizon and Albian Sands sites will be permanently closed and both Canadian Natural work sites will become dry work sites/camps in alignment with all other Canadian Natural operating facilities.  Where camps and sites are designated as ‘dry’, alcohol is not permitted anywhere on the premises. Possession… Read more »

Effective MONDAY, JANUARY 16  personal alcohol will no longer be permitted in Albian Village rooms (as well as elsewhere on site). The Sands Lounge at the Village will continue to serve alcohol as per the current policy. Albian Village guests who currently have alcohol stored in their rooms must remove it from site by January… Read more »

In an effort to streamline the soon to be enabled “Job Ready Dispatch” and “CORE Training” program Boilermakers Lodge 146 has made some changes to the Members’ Only section of the website. Please log in to the Members’ Only Section for details.

May 4, 2016 5:00 am – Update regarding Off Site Transportation   We would like to thank all of the Albian Site Camp Guests for their patience and helpfulness through the current wildfire situation.  There have been many acts of kindness over the past few hours that demonstrate the true spirit of Fort McMurray residents in… Read more »

Wildfire Situation – May 20, 2016 – 7PM   With people safely evacuated from the region and our operations currently on hold, now is the time to reflect on the events of this past week. On May 16, at the time of scheduled flights and shift changes, we were assured conditions were favourable from both our… Read more »