Category Archives: Business
Downtown Business Association chides province for being in arrears on improvement levy
Red Deer's Downtown Business Association (DBA) says the province needs to fork up dues it refused to pay in 2021 and 2022.The DBA collects a levy from all downtown businesses annually to pay for thing...
Sep 24, 2022
Market Watch: September 23
Big Picture Markets Wobble as Fed Raises Rates Another 75 Basis Points Major U.S. indexes inched up Monday, and bond yields hit their highest level in over a decade as investors awaited the Fed's late...
Sep 23, 2022
Red Deer's first Girls in Aviation Day to be hosted September 24
In partnership with Women in Aviation International and the Red Deer Regional Airport, Red Deer's first Girls In Aviation Day will take place on September 24 from 12:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. at Sky Wings Avi...
Sep 23, 2022
Alberta government investing $15 million in apprenticeship programs
Alberta Minister for Advanced Education Demetrios Nicolaides announced $15-million dollars in funding to bolster apprenticeship programs in the province. The funding will be administered over the next...
Sep 23, 2022
Albertans to see gas tax hike on Oct. 1
A portion of the provincial fuel tax on gasoline and diesel will return next month.Alberta's United Conservative government has told retailers to start collecting. 4.5 cents per litre on Oct. 1.Earlie...
Sep 22, 2022
Associate Minister promoting Alberta hydrogen in Japan
The Alberta government says Associate Minister of Natural Gas and Electricity Dale Nally will travel to Japan to promote the province as one of the world's fastest-growing hydrogen energy regions.The ...
Sep 22, 2022
Province aiming to help Alberta’s energy consumers prepare for winter
The provincial government says an ad campaign by the Utilities Consumer Advocate (UCA) will remind Albertans of their options for purchasing energy for their homes.During the winter of 2021-22, the go...
Sep 22, 2022
Solar panel "Clean Machine" by former RDP students becomes finalist for provincial award
Aware of the benefits of a clean energy source like solar power, a former team of Red Deer Polytechnic (RDP) engineering technology students sought to answer the question: how can you actually keep it...
Sep 22, 2022
AIMCo CEO rejects fossil fuel divestment as investment strategy
CALGARY, AB - The CEO of the Alberta Investment Management Corp. (AIMCo) says divesting from fossil fuels is the opposite approach pension funds should be taking if they want to help solve the climate...
Sep 21, 2022
Province launches second phase of worker recruitment campaign
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney was in Toronto Wednesday morning to announce the launch of phase two of the Alberta is Calling campaign.The initiative is aimed at attracting workers from the Toronto and ...
Sep 21, 2022