Category Archives: Business

RED DEER COUNTY- The County has launched a new Economic Development website. The site is designed to attract entrepreneurs and new business investment to the area, as well as provide insight and growt...

Big Picture By Bill Curry Canada to Retaliate If Trump Targets Auto Imports Canada will respond proportionally if the U.S. Administration makes good on threats to impose 25% tariffs on all imported ve...

Big Picture By Bill Curry U.S. Targets $200 Billion More in Chinese Goods The Trump administration on Tuesday said it would assess 10% tariffs on an additional $200 billion in Chinese goods, further d...

Prairie grain farmers need to be prepared for the upcoming reclassification of 29 wheat varieties and have a plan to market any of their remaining wheat that will transition to a new class on August 1...

RED DEER- CMHC is out with Red Deer housing start numbers for June. There were 21 single family/multiple unit home starts last month. That is eight fewer than in June 2017. So far there this year ther...

CALGARY – Suncor Energy says production at the Syncrude oilsands complex is expected to ramp up to full production in early to mid-September after a power disruption in June that shut down opera...

Big Picture By Bill Curry Global Trade Slowing; Yuan Recovers After Drop On Friday the Trump administration is scheduled to impose tariffs on $34 billion of Chinese imports. China has vowed to counter...

The local jobless rate rose by a half-per cent last month, but is still lower than it was a year ago. The unemployment rate for the Red Deer region for June was 5.4 per cent, according to Statistics C...

Red Deer building permit values came in lower last month when compared to the same month last year. That according to the latest stats released by the City of Red Deer on Thursday which shows $7.3 mil...

Representatives with Central Alberta: Access Prosperity joined high ranking officials last week in welcoming the Ambassador of Thailand to tour the region. On June 27, His Excellency the Ambassador of...