Category Archives: Business

Big PictureVolatility Returns as Recession Fears Mount; Dow Drops 800 Wednesday It was a rough start to the week for what's proving to be an increasingly volatile time for North American equity market...

The federal government is giving over $1.9 million in Regional Innovation Ecosystems (RIE) funding towards Olds College to bolster Alberta's agriculture industry.The investment will support Phase Two ...

Jim Pattison's Great Pacific Capital Corp. has made an offer to buy the rest of Canfor Corp. it does not already own for $16 per share, an offer that values the lumber, plywood, pulp and paper company...

Big Picture Falling Yuan Shakes Global Markets as Trade War Intensifies It was a rough start to the week for global equity markets, which fell hard Monday on news that China let the yuan tumble beyond...

RED DEER- The Red Deer area unemployment rate rose to 7.4% in July from June's 7.1%, according to the latest numbers from Statistics Canada.The Alberta rate also climbed from 6.6% to 7.0%.Nationally, ...

(July 24, 2019) The Real Economy, Canada shows that key economic and industry developments such as the Trans Mountain Expansion Project, an increase in immigration, and the rise of Canada's digital ec...

A second cannabis retail sales outlet has been approved for Gasoline Alley.The Red Deer County Municipal Planning Commission (MPC) approved a development permit on Tuesday for a cannabis retail sales ...

Big PictureFed Cuts Rates in Expected Move; Trump Tariff Threat Jars Global Markets As expected, the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 25 basis points-the first reduction since 2008-in an effort t...

CALGARY- The CEOs of Canadian Natural Resources, Cenovus Energy, and MEG Energy have taken out in full-page newspaper ads asking readers to call on ``leaders of all political stripes'' to lend their s...

NOVA SCOTIA- Shoppers at Sobeys grocery stores will soon need to bring their own totes or lug their purchases home in paper bags as the chain moves to phase out plastic bags by February 2020.The groce...