Category Archives: Business
Alberta's GDP grew just 0.1 per cent in 2019
Even prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Alberta's economy was struggling to grow.A new report from Stats Canada, real gross domestic product (GDP) nation-wide rose 1.9 per cent in 2019 with every provinc...
Nov 09, 2020
MARKET WATCH: Nov. 6
Big Picture Markets Register Strong Gains, Despite Election Uncertainty After sharp declines last week, U.S. stocks rebounded strongly Monday-the day before what may stand to be one of the important, ...
Nov 06, 2020
Red Deer jobless rate drops 1% in October
The local unemployment rate took another step in the right direction last month. October numbers released Friday morning show the Red Deer region's jobless rate fell one per cent to 11.1 from 12.1 in ...
Nov 06, 2020
Ottawa finalizes methane reduction deals with Alberta, Saskatchewan and B.C.
OTTAWA - The federal government says it is finalizing deals with three provinces on reducing emissions of a potent greenhouse gas. Federal Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says proposals by Sas...
Nov 05, 2020
Gasoline Alley Farmers' Market opening soon
Red Deer's first indoor year-round farmers' market will be opening to the public for a soft launch later this month.The Gasoline Alley Farmers' Market will open its doors on Saturday, Nov. 21 and Sund...
Nov 05, 2020
Hundreds of coal mining jobs to end as power company switches to natural gas
CALGARY - Alberta power producer TransAlta Corp. says it will end operations at its Highvale thermal coal mine west of Edmonton by the end of 2021 as it switches to natural gas at all of its operated ...
Nov 04, 2020
Study shares how to advance local trails tourism
The Central Alberta Tourism Alliance (CATA) has released a study on how trails-based infrastructure can be grown to support related tourism businesses and boost the region's economy.The study, entitle...
Nov 03, 2020
Feds announce $100 million for 'green' jobs in Alberta that fight climate change
OTTAWA, ONT. -- The Canadian government is providing a bundle of money to Alberta, during what it calls the "economically challenging time caused by the global COVID-19 pandemic." However, the money i...
Nov 02, 2020
Cilantro and Chive 'jacked' to open Red Deer location in 2021
Nine years after opening the first Cilantro and Chive in Ponoka, which they relocated to Lacombe in 2015, the Kays are set to welcome patrons to a new location in Red Deer.Rieley Kay, with partner Kim...
Nov 01, 2020
MARKET WATCH: Oct. 30, 2020
Big Picture Markets Drop Sharply Over Surging Coronavirus Cases, Looming Election U.S. and Canadian stocks have continued their sharp sell-off in what is shaping up to be the markets' worst week since...
Oct 30, 2020