Category Archives: Business
Red Deer sees rise in unemployment rate in May
The Red Deer Region saw a significant jump in its unemployment rate last month.According to Statistics Canada, the Red Deer region's jobless rate in May was 7.4 per cent, the highest rate in the provi...
Jun 10, 2022
Initiatives established for refugees who are engineering technology professionals
The Association of Science and Engineering Technology Professionals of Alberta (ASET) has established two initiatives to help engineering technology professionals who are refugees from war-torn countr...
Jun 09, 2022
Troubled Monk to mark seven years with annual charity run
Troubled Monk, one of Red Deer's foremost breweries, is celebrating seven years this weekend with its annual charity run.The event goes June 11, with 5 km and 10 km options starting at 10 a.m.All proc...
Jun 08, 2022
Building permit values see increases in Red Deer
Officials with the City of Red Deer say building permit values increased in May, with 111 approved permits valued at $35.4 million, compared with 105 permits issued in May 2021 worth $11.9 million.Yea...
Jun 06, 2022
Seeding essentially complete throughout central Alberta
Seeding is essentially complete in the Central Zone of Alberta.That according to the latest Crop Report from Alberta Agriculture and Forestry and Rural Economic Development and Alberta Financial Servi...
Jun 03, 2022
Market Watch: June 3, 2022
Big Picture Markets Struggle for Direction; Bank of Canada Hikes Rates by 50 Basis Points Although U.S. markets were closed for the Memorial Day holiday, the TSX continued its winning streak on Monday...
Jun 03, 2022
Applications for Alberta Jobs Now reopens Friday
The provincial government is taking steps to help address a labour shortage in the province.Applications for Alberta Jobs Now reopen on Friday, June 3. Eligible employers can hire and train up to 10 n...
Jun 03, 2022
Bowden may become home to Alberta's first yellow pea fractionation facility
The Town of Bowden may soon be part of a growing trend in the meat alternatives industry by potentially becoming the home to Alberta's first yellow pea fractionation facility.More than Protein Ingredi...
Jun 02, 2022
Alberta Open Farm Days this summer
Alberta Open Farm Days is celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2022 and urbanites from across the province are being encouraged to meet and mingle with their rural neighbours this summer.The province-w...
Jun 02, 2022
RDP's Centre for Innovation in Manufacturing celebrates funding towards assisted medical devices
Red Deer Polytechnic's (RDP) Centre for Innovation in Manufacturing - Technology Access Centre (CIM-TAC) held their Open House this week, sharing their engineering capabilities as well as updating the...
Jun 02, 2022