Business

"We are in a very difficult spot," Senator says about oil & gas

Senator Doug Black says something has to give in the ongoing dispute over pipelines and Alberta's energy industry.Black, a Calgary native, spoke at the Rotary Club of Red Deer luncheon on Monday at th...

Apr 29, 2019 (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)

FCC supports Olds College with $200,000 donation

CALGARY- Farm Credit Canada ("FCC") has made a $200,000 commitment to Olds College and its focus on cultivating informed decisions through the advancement of ag technology learning and applied researc...

Apr 29, 2019 Patrick Machacek, VP, Development & Strategy, Olds College; Fred Wall, VP, Marketing, Farm Credit Union; Stuart Cullum, President, OldsCollege; Martina Holtkamp, Student, Olds College; and Mark Fournier, Instructor, Agribusiness, Olds College

Market Watch: April 26, 2019

Big Picture Markets Hit Record Highs on Tuesday; Bank of Canada Lowers Forecast The S&P 500 and Nasdaq had their highest closings on record Tuesday, as positive profit reports for Q1 pushed major ...

Apr 26, 2019

Dreeshen, Calkins discuss pipelines, agriculture and trade at Chamber breakfast

Local business leaders were served with thoughts about pipelines, agriculture, and a new Alberta government Thursday morning at the Pidherney Curling Centre. Red Deer-Mountain View MP Earl Dreeshen an...

Apr 25, 2019 Red Deer-Mountain View MP Earl Dreeshen (left) and Red Deer-Lacombe MP Blaine Calkins (right) address a crowd of roughly 60 local business leaders at the Pidherney Curling Centre as part of the Red Deer and District Chamber of Commerce Annual Breakfast with the MP's event Thursday morning.

Third pot shop coming to Red Deer

Red Deerians will soon have another place to buy recreational pot.Fire & Flower has been granted two of the 26 new retail cannabis licences being issued Alberta Gaming Liquor and Cannabis (AGLC), ...

Apr 24, 2019 Fire & Flower plans to have their cannabis store in south Red Deer open next month. (rdnewsNOW/Troy Gillard)

Shoppers Drug Mart launches second online medical pot portal in Alberta

Medical cannabis users in Alberta can now get their therapeutic pot from Shoppers Drug Mart, with the retail giant opening its second online platform Tuesday as it pursues the growing market.The launc...

Apr 23, 2019

Report shows Albertans most concerned about debt, interest rates

April 22, 2019 - Albertans are feeling worse about their consumer debt and personal finances than other provinces, according to the latest MNP Consumer Debt Index, Albertans' perception of their debt ...

Apr 23, 2019

Red Deer rental rates among lowest of Alberta cities

A new report indicates Red Deer has one of the lowest average monthly rents in the province.The April national rent report produced by Rentals.ca and Bullpen Research & Consulting shows the averag...

Apr 23, 2019

Red Deer funeral home hit by apparent phone scam

A Red Deer funeral home appears to have been the victim of a phone scam.Eventide Funeral Home's Amber Sieben tells rdnewsNOW that the scam is of the spoofing variety."Scammers are calling outbound tel...

Apr 19, 2019

Co-op closing downtown Red Deer location this summer

The downtown Red Deer location of Central Alberta Co-op will close this summer after 56 years in business.The company states in a release that because of the city's growth and shifting shopping habits...

Apr 18, 2019 (Central Alberta Co-op)