Category Archives: Business

Province announces funding for Workforce Partnerships program
EDMONTON, AB - The provincial government has announced a string of new partnerships to boost Alberta's workforce and help residents find good jobs.A $1.53 million investment under the Workforce Partne...
Feb 07, 2022

Market Watch: Feb. 4, 2022
Big Picture Markets Bounce Back; Meta Shares Plunge 26% on Thursday It was a strong start to the trading week on Monday as the Dow gained more than 400 points, the Nasdaq surged 469 and the S&P 50...
Feb 04, 2022

Eagle Builders Centre in Blackfalds officially complete
Work on the new Eagle Builders Centre in Blackfalds is now officially complete.Mayor Jamie Hoover says he couldn't be more thrilled to see the completion of this long-awaited project."Considering the ...
Feb 04, 2022

Should the Lacombe Farmers' Market move downtown?
The Lacombe Farmers' Market is thinking of moving to the streets of downtown this summer.President of the market Ryan Klassen and Manager Chris Kutryk presented their ideas to Lacombe city council thi...
Jan 30, 2022

Market Watch: Jan. 28, 2022
Big PictureMarkets Wobble as Investors Ponder Rising Rates; Nasdaq Enters Correction TerritoryIt's been a rough week for North American indexes as investors try to assess just how aggressive central b...
Jan 28, 2022

Enhance Energy announces Origins Project, a carbon sequestration hub in central Alberta
Enhance Energy, operator of Alberta's largest Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS) initiative and founding partner of the Alberta Carbon Trunk Line (ACTL) Project, has plans for a new world-s...
Jan 22, 2022

Market Watch: January 21, 2022
Big PictureMarkets Wobble as Investors Ponder Rising Rates; Nasdaq Enters Correction Territory It's been a rough week for North American indexes as investors try to assess just how aggressive central ...
Jan 21, 2022

Grocery and gas prices up significantly in 2021 as inflation outpaced wages
Stats Canada has released new data that backs up claims about the rising cost of living in the country.In December 2021, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 4.8 per cent compared to the same period in...
Jan 21, 2022

Red Deer's Shop2Win weekly contest
The Red Deer Downtown Business Association (DBA) is joining forces with Capstone, inviting residents to rediscover over 400 businesses located in the two districts with its "ShopDowntown2Win" contest....
Jan 20, 2022

Council approves rezoning of Red Deer Polytechnic; more commercial uses allowed
Red Deer city council approved unanimously this week, a Land Use Bylaw for the Red Deer Polytechnic (RDP) area, rezoning it into a Post-Secondary Institution (PSI) District.Council passed second and t...
Jan 19, 2022