Category Archives: Business

Alberta businesses and non-profits can apply for COVID rapid test kits through chambers of commerce
EDMONTON, AB - The provincial government is teaming with Alberta Chambers of Commerce to ensure small and medium-sized businesses have easy access to rapid COVID testing kits.Alberta is now the first ...
May 12, 2021

Council approves $22M deal to save Westerner Park
In what Mayor Tara Veer called a "generational decision," Red Deer city council approved a deal to keep financially challenged Westerner Park alive in the short-term and viable down the road. Council ...
May 11, 2021

Exports from Alberta spiked in March: ATB Financial
Alberta's international merchandise exports increased for the fourth month in a row in March, according to ATB Financial, posting a gain of 18 per cent ($1.7 billion) over February's total.The value o...
May 11, 2021

Suncor Energy and Atco working together on potential hydrogen project
Suncor Energy and Atco Ltd. are working together on a potential hydrogen project near Fort Saskatchewan that would help reduce the province's carbon dioxide emissions.The companies say the project wou...
May 11, 2021

Airport eager to see continued revenue growth
Folks at Red Deer Regional Airport shared with city council on Monday their excitement about the year that was and what's still to come.Executive Director Graham Ingham told council that 2020 saw a 5....
May 10, 2021

Notley promises geothermal jobs, hospital expansion for Red Deer
Alberta NDP leader Rachel Notley says an expansion of geothermal energy drilling in central Alberta and construction on the Red Deer Regional Hospital expansion would be among the top priorities of a ...
May 07, 2021

Market Watch: May 7
Big Picture Dow Strong, But Tech Stocks Struggle as Fears Persist Over Rising Rates The TSX, Dow and S&P indexes rose Monday on upbeat earnings, while the Nasdaq declined, as the rotation into cyc...
May 07, 2021

Red Deer unemployment rate 10.6% for April
The unemployment rate for the Red Deer region for the month of April was 10.6 per cent.That's an increase from 10.2 per cent in March and is tied with Edmonton for the highest regional unemployment ra...
May 07, 2021

Alberta eases security payment burden for oilsands companies
EDMONTON - Alberta is changing how it calculates the payments oilsands mines make to ensure there's enough money to clean up the mess they leave behind. The province says the decision is in reaction t...
May 06, 2021

Peace Region pipeline expansion project granted federal approval
The federal government has given the stamp of approval to the NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd. (NGTL) North Corridor System Expansion Project in the northern Peace Region.Minister of Natural Resources Seamu...
May 04, 2021