With more than 60,000 members throughout our province, stands taken by AUPE on a wide range of issues can have a significant impact on the lives of many Albertans. As a result, local, provincial and national media all pay close attention to AUPE statements and activities.

In this section, clippings from a few of the vast number of newspaper stories about AUPE have been indexed and grouped by year. To view an index of press clippings about the Boards & Agencies Services Sector for a particular year, select one of the links below. To read an individual press clipping, click on an individual title within the index.

Press Clippings from 2005
Press Clippings from 2004
Press Clippings from 2003
Press Clippings from 2002

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Press Clippings from 2005

February 17, 2005
Steve West's severance package morally bankrupt,-Edmonton Journal
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February 17, 2005
Outrage at the golden West,-Edmonton Sun
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January 25, 2005
Only politics holds back smoking ban,-Calgary Herald
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January 22, 2005
Smoking debate on,-Edmonton Sun
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January 22, 2005
On smoking,premier is a dinosaur,-Edmonton Sun
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January 20, 2005
Union smokes Klein- Edmonton Sun,
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January 19, 2005
Stinging criticism- Edmonton Sun,
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January 18, 2005
Mason blasts Klein on cigs- Edmonton Sun,
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January 11, 2005
AUPE thrives in face of the most anti-union gov't in Canada - Edmonton Journal,
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December 26, 2004
Manitoba limits bargain hunters- Lethbridge Herald,
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December 17, 2004
AUPE members ratify two-year agreement- Stratcona County This Week,
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December 2, 2004
Cons risking shock to light their smokes - Edmonton Sun More...

December 2, 2004
Inmates beating butt ban - Calgary Sun. More...

November 9, 2004
The feisty, battling Ralph Klein that Albertans know well was back for 90 minutes - Edmonton Journal. More...

October 25, 2004
They say the first few weeks are the hardest-- Fort McMurray Today. More...

October 18, 2004
Prisons in Alberta have adjusted to a permanent smoking ban-- The Lethbridge Herald . More...

August 3, 2004
Rocky workers joining AUPE - Red Deer Advocate. More...

June 1, 2004
Shelter boss critical of new parole rules - Grande Prairie Herald Tribune. More..

May 14, 2004
Lakeside in need of a union says AUPE president. - Medicine Hat News. More..