Category Archives: Business

Market Watch: July 11, 2025
This week's highlightsTariff volatility and mixed FOMC views reinforce investors' cautious outlookRates muted on trade uncertainty and resilient economic data while credit holds firmCanada's economic ...
Jul 14, 2025

Central Alberta company fined after workplace fatality
A central Alberta company has been fined in connection to a workplace fatality which occurred Nov. 8, 2022.On June 30 at the Red Deer Justice Centre, Delta Land Co., as an employer, pleaded guilty to ...
Jul 08, 2025

Alberta to hold nuclear power consultations as reactor companies weigh opportunities
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government plans to hold public consultations this fall about adding nuclear power to the province's energy mix.There have long been discussions about building ...
Jul 07, 2025

Lacombe-based Beretta Farms expands facilities with $1.2 million provincial tax credit
The Alberta government has announced Beretta Farms, a Lacombe-based meat processing facility, as the latest business to qualify for the province's Agri-Processing Investment Tax Credit.The province sa...
Jul 06, 2025

Market Watch: July 4, 2025
This week's highlightsMarkets close higher despite tariff threats tempering labour-driven gainsLabour strength and tariff tensions steepen curvesCanada's trade deficit narrows in May, exports to U.S. ...
Jul 04, 2025

Red Deer building permit values increase in June
The City of Red Deer has announced that building permit values increased significantly in June.In total, 107 permits were issued valued at $949.2 million, compared to the 120 permits issued last year ...
Jul 04, 2025

Former central Alberta MP, who resigned for Poilievre to run, hired by consultancy group
Damien Kurek, the former Member of Parliament for Battle River-Crowfoot who stepped aside recently so Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre could regain a seat in the House of Commons, has resurf...
Jul 04, 2025

Province announces $4M investment for small and medium-sized manufacturers
Alberta's government has announced an investment of more than $4 million to help small and medium sized businesses boost their productivity and thrive across the province.Provincial officials say the ...
Jul 03, 2025

Alberta reaches settlement with two coal companies suing over policy flip-flop
Two coal companies suing Alberta's government over its mining policy flip-flop say they've reached a settlement agreement with the province.Notices published online by Evolve Power and Atrum Coal say ...
Jul 03, 2025

Market Watch: June 27, 2025
This week's highlightsMarkets advance as Mideast geopolitical tensions ease despite cautious tone from FedBond yields relatively steady amid data surprises complicating the monetary policy outlookCana...
Jun 30, 2025