Category Archives: Business

CALGARY - Premier Jason Kenney used his first address to the Calgary Chamber of Commerce since the start of the pandemic to tout the recovery of Alberta's economy amid high energy prices.Saying that '...

Officials with Tourism Red Deer have announced the launch of a new website, www.visitreddeer.com. It's described as a new, easy to use website that allows Tourism Red Deer to provide visitors and loca...

YouthHQ and BGC Red Deer have announced a generous gift from NOVA Chemicals in support of BGC (formerly Boys and Girls Club of Red Deer). After the cancellation of a major fundraiser for the organizat...

The Downtown's Business Association's (DBA) 2022 Budget has been approved by Red Deer city council at their final meeting of the year on Monday.With the aim of reducing the financial impacts of the CO...

The Red Deer Economic Region's unemployment rate continued its downward trend in November.According to the latest Labour Force Survey by Statistics Canada, Red Deer and the surrounding area had an une...

Big Picture Markets Turn Volatile as Concerns Increase Over New Covid Variant, Rising Inflation It's been a turbulent week for North American markets, which were battered last Friday as concerns mount...

Gas prices in Red Deer didn't exactly dip as anticipated this past weekend by multiple media reports.Those reports fueled a lot of optimism following several straight months of regular grade for 137.9...

Big Picture Rising Yields Weigh on Key Tech Names in Shortened Trading Week It's been a relatively quiet trading week with U.S. markets closed Thursday and a half day on Friday for the U.S. Thanksgivi...

A new annual fundraiser put on by Westerner Park and its foundation has a new date.Cowboy Kicks -- to benefit the foundation and the Canadian Pro Rodeo Sport Medicine Team -- was supposed to launch on...

Big Picture Markets Struggle for Traction as Inflation Fears Impact Sentiment It's been an up-and-down week for North American markets as investors worry that rising inflation will force the Fed to ra...