Business

Olds College partners with Zone Startups Calgary

OLDS- The College and Zone Startups Calgary have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate and support early stage agriculture technology companies with technical and commercial validation t...

Oct 10, 2019

Alberta fires board of real estate regulator, cites paralyzing dysfunction

EDMONTON - The Alberta government is moving to fire the entire board that regulates the provincial real-estate industry on the grounds it is hopelessly dysfunctional and wracked by infighting.Service ...

Oct 09, 2019

Bill 14, the Alberta Indigenous Opportunities Corporation Act

EDMONTON- The UCP has introduced Bill 14 that states the government would put up $1B, along with technical and financial advice, to backstop a new Crown corporation to help Indigenous groups invest in...

Oct 09, 2019 Premier Kenney announces legislation to set up the Alberta Indigenous Opportunities Corporation, L to R: Calvin Helin, Grand Chief Arthur Noskey, Minister Rick Wilson, Stephen Buffalo, Herb Lehr, Chief Billy Morin, Chief Joe Weasel Child.

Hut 8 Mining opens Toronto Stock Exchange

TORONTO, ON. - Hut 8 Mining (TSX: HUT) is celebrating a historic day on the Toronto Stock Exchange.The bitcoin mining company, which has operations in Medicine Hat and Drumheller, officially opened th...

Oct 08, 2019 Andrew Kiguel, Chief Executive Officer, Hut 8 Mining Corp. (HUT), joined Chris Birkett, Director, Toronto Stock Exchange, to open the market. - Photo courtesy TMX Group

Building permit values remain well behind last year

Building permit values dropped in all four categories in September, despite an increase in total number of permits issued, according to The City of Red Deer.Last month, 94 permits were issued with a c...

Oct 04, 2019

MARKET WATCH: Oct. 4

Big PictureWeak Economic Data Weighs on Equity MarketsIt's been another volatile week for global stock markets as investors grapple with a string of disappointing economic data, in both the U.S. and E...

Oct 04, 2019

Tickets on sale for Business of the Year Awards

Tickets are now on sale for the Red Deer & District Chamber of Commerce 2019 Business of the Year Awards. The 36th annual event marking the 125th anniversary of the Chamber will be held October 16...

Oct 04, 2019

New logo, high hopes for Red Deer Regional Airport

Red Deer Regional Airport has unveiled a new rebrand with the hopes of helping future economic growth take off.Along with a new logo and website, the rebrand also includes newly-signed agreements with...

Oct 01, 2019 (Photo supplied)

Thousands of Red Deer workers affected by minimum wage freeze: Report

Public Interest Alberta has released its annual Low Wage Report which shows more than 6,000 minimum wage workers in Red Deer can legally have their wages frozen this year.As a result, the agency says ...

Oct 01, 2019

Sports dome in Red Deer County to open by November 1

The Dome Sports has announced it will be opening to the public no later than November 1.A state of the art indoor multi-sport facility, the 107,000 square foot dome will house individual skill develop...

Sep 29, 2019 (TheDomeRedDeer.com)