Category Archives: Business

Attendees took part in a panel discussion that highlighted skilled trades education and the impact its had on the workforce in Alberta at Red Deer Polytechnic Tuesday morning.The discussion titled The...

This week's highlightsCentral bank moves drive midweek volatility, end-of-week reboundCorporate bonds rally on easing signals and investor appetiteBank of Canada cuts interest rate by quarter-point to...

Local companies recently came home home with hardware from the 2025 BILD Alberta Awards. The awards annually celebrate the home building industry and those who show excellence, innovation and leadersh...

This week's highlightsMarkets advance cautiously, caught between easing rates and inflation realitiesYields drift lower as central banks weigh growth against inflationCanada's industrial capacity slip...

With municipal elections taking place across Alberta this fall, the Business Council of Alberta (BCA) has released a new report, Municipal Matters: Business Priorities for Alberta's Local Governments,...

Alberta's premier says she sees promising signs in the first batch of projects announced under Ottawa's new fast-tracked approval process.But environmentalists say the inclusion of liquefied natural g...

This week's highlightsRate cut momentum lifts U.S. tech while global growth signals divergeGlobal bond rally builds as labour data and policy signals alignCanada's labour market weakens further in Aug...

Red Deer's unemployment rate rose to 5.4 per cent in August, according to new data released Friday.That's up from 4.7 per cent in July, but still down from 7.9 per cent in August 2024.Looking across t...

The Central Alberta First (CAF) partnership has released its final Business Retention, Expansion and Workforce Development (BREWD) and BREWD Community Data Summary Reports ahead of an October conferen...

Alberta's government has introduced its job strategy that aims to help more people find meaningful employment through training, education and experience. The Alberta Jobs Strategy is described as a bl...