Category Archives: Business

CALGARY- It looks like times could be improving in the Calgary economy if the 2019 Calgary Stampede GMC Rangeland Derby Chuckwagon Canvas Auction is any indication. That’s up from the 3.24-milli...

A sense of optimism was in the air at 40th annual Red Deer Home Show at Westerner Park over the weekend Organizers with BILD Central Alberta expected to see about 10,000 people come through the doors....

Red Deer College is celebrating the winners of its recent Breakthrough Your Business event, a Dragons Den-style competition that allowed aspiring entrepreneurs to pitch their business ideas to a panel...

The Red Deer & District Chamber of Commerce is celebrating its 125th anniversary. Back in 1894, the Red Deer Board of Trade was established. Its first goal was to establish a municipal government ...

The Alberta Securities Commission (ASC) is hoping a new board game will help educate Albertans on recognizing the red flags of fraud so they can protect themselves before making a real life investment...

RED DEER- Employers in the Red Deer area expect a subdued hiring climate for the second quarter of 2019, according to the latest ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey. Survey data reveals that 13 pe...

A local incubator program for budding entrepreneurs will live on for at least one more year. Catapult, which launched in Red Deer in 2017, was set to close its doors at the end of March because it app...

RED DEER- The unemployment rate in the Red Deer region rose slightly last month to 4.7 per cent from 4.4 per cent in January. Despite the rise, our area still has the lowest unemployment rate in the p...

'Navigating through uncertainty' was the theme behind a Red Deer Chamber of Commerce luncheon on Thursday. Servus Credit Union's vice president of treasury, Rajat Varma shared his outlook on interest ...

Alberta’s Premier has called on the federal government to, quote, “stop its navel-gazing about its internal controversies” and stick up for Alberta farmers. Rachel Notley issued a st...