Category Archives: Business

Lacombe County is working on legislation governing the production and consumption of cannabis. A resolution was put forth at the Aug. 9 council meeting to amend the County's Land Use Bylaw to designat...

The Red Deer and District Chamber of Commerce is recruiting volunteers to fill new committees created in a bid to bolster their reach, expertise, and relevance in an evolving business climate. In a re...

Big Picture – By Bill Curry Markets Recover as Concerns Ease Over Turkish Lira, Trade Conflict North American markets recovered ground on Thursday during a week that started ominously for financ...

CALGARY – The National Energy Board says Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC can start construction on sections of its pipeline expansion between Alberta and British Columbia. The NEB says that Trans Mo...

HINTON- On May 12, 2016, FortisAlberta reported that one of their transformers, located in the town of Hinton, had leaked oil. An investigation conducted by enforcement officers found that the company...

FORT MCMURRAY- A month after being ordered to pay 750,000 dollars in fines for a 2015 pipeline leak, Nexen Energy is reporting a spill of 270,000 litres from a different pipeline at the same northern ...

Big Picture By Bill Curry S&P, Nasdaq Inch Toward Records; Canadian Markets Withstand Saudi Wrath The S&P 500 and tech-heavy Nasdaq on Tuesday hit their second-highest close in history on the ...

RED DEER- Stats Canada is out with unemployment numbers for July. In the Red Deer area, the unemployment rate edged up from 5.4% to 5.6%. The Alberta rate also rose from 6.5% to 6.7%. The national job...

RED DEER- CMHC is out with July housing starts in Red Deer. There were 7 starts on single family/multiple unit homes last month. There were 14 in July of 2017. So far this year there have been 91 hous...

BOW ISLAND — Employees at the Spitz Sunflower Seed Factory worked their last day earlier this month and the site has officially been listed for sale. PepsiCo announced in February they would be ...