Business

Travel Alberta takes aim at the next 10 years of tourism growth

BANFF- In an address on Monday to almost 600 industry partners, Travel Alberta CEO Royce Chwin stated tourism operators need to broaden their thinking to grow Alberta's tourism revenue to $20 billion ...

Oct 29, 2019 Travel Alberta CEO Royce Chwin

Local home sales down 9% in 2019

Local home sales continue to lag behind last year's pace, according to the latest numbers from the Central Alberta Realtors Association. Through the end of September, year-to-date home sales are down ...

Oct 28, 2019

Alberta is Canada's retail cannabis leader: Report

EDMONTON- ATB Financial says the province is a leader when it comes to the development of the legal retail cannabis market.Alberta's Crown-owned bank says the government has issued more than 280 licen...

Oct 26, 2019

Market Watch: Oct. 25

Big Picture - Stocks Struggle for Traction as Investors Assess Corporate EarningsU.S. stocks were up slightly Monday to start the busiest week of the quarter for corporate earnings. With results in fr...

Oct 26, 2019

Red Deer Chamber announces new Board for 2019-2020

Officials with the Red Deer & District Chamber of Commerce have announced their 2019-2020 Board of Directors following their recent Annual General Meeting. "Congratulations to all new and returnin...

Oct 25, 2019

Red Deer County receives 2019 budget award

RED DEER COUNTY- The County has once again been named the recipient of the Government Finance Officers Association's (GFOA) Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for their 2019-2021 budget document....

Oct 24, 2019

UCP government to continue with NDP’s petrochemical credit program, cancel two others

The United Conservative government in Alberta says it will continue with a program introduced by the former NDP regime to use $1.1 billion in natural gas royalty credits to encourage new petrochemical...

Oct 23, 2019

Oilsands carbon liability at centre of closely watched New York fraud lawsuit

Alberta's oilsands are at the centre of a closely watched court battle in New York today. The state's attorney general is accusing Exxon Mobil of misrepresenting the risks the operations face as gover...

Oct 23, 2019

Former Ponoka Visitor Information Centre for sale

PONOKA- Town Council has declared the property that previously housed the Visitor Information Centre (VIC) as surplus property and set a sale price on it of $385,000.The building includes main floor o...

Oct 23, 2019

Husky Energy confirms layoffs, but won't say how many

CALGARY - Calgary-based Husky Energy Inc. is confirming it is laying off staff but won't say how many.The company controlled by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-Shing says the reductions are a result of st...

Oct 22, 2019