Category Archives: Business
City council gives first reading to site exception for new microbrewery
Red Deer could soon be home to another microbrewery. City council was unanimous in giving first reading on Monday to a zoning exception that would allow the Sawback Brewing Company to set up shop in U...
Jun 11, 2018
"Texas and Louisiana have been eating our lunch" says McCuaig-Boyd on energy investment
Alberta's Energy Minister spoke of plans to continue diversifying the province's energy sector during a visit with the Red Deer and District Chamber of Commerce on Monday. Speaking to over a dozen loc...
Jun 11, 2018
Trump's auto tariffs would devastate supply chains, cause mass layoffs: experts
MONTREAL - U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to impose 25 per cent tariffs on auto imports from Canada would devastate the integrated supply chain that has taken decades to build and cause jo...
Jun 11, 2018
Catapult Entrepreneurs client Joshua Banko places 2nd in Calgary competition
RED DEER- As part of the Inventures 2018 conference, a student entrepreneur pitch competition was recently held in Calgary. Entrepreneurs were judged by a panel of experts that included investors on t...
Jun 11, 2018
Market Watch - June 8, 2018
Big Picture By Bill Curry Investors Look to G7 Summit All eyes will be on this weekend's G7 Summit in Canada as investors look for signals as to whether the Trump Administration's decision to impose s...
Jun 08, 2018
Red Deer area unemployment rate dips to 4.9%
RED DEER- The Red Deer area unemployment rate dropped in May. It fell to 4.9% from April’s 5.1%. The Alberta rate also came down to 6.2% from 6.7%. Nationally, the jobless rate held steady at 5....
Jun 08, 2018
Market for retail space fires up ahead of pot legalization
With marijuana set to be legalized in Canada, the market for retail office space has lit up big time in Red Deer. Jeremy Makila with RE/MAX Commercial in Red Deer says businesspeople are coming from f...
Jun 07, 2018
Scottsville Auto Group opening one-of-a-kind 'passive house' Subaru dealership later this year
The Scottsville Auto Group’s 50th anniversary year is shaping up to be one of its biggest ever. The company is in the process of building a new one-of-a-kind Subaru dealership at their north Red...
Jun 05, 2018
Bank of Canada official says US trade policy a threat to national economy
American trade policy is of serious concern to the Canadian and Albertan economies, according to a senior official with The Bank of Canada. Deputy Governor Lawrence Schembri spoke with rdnewsNOW Tuesd...
Jun 05, 2018
Market Watch - June 1, 2018
Big Picture By Bill Curry Italy Crisis Subsides, Trade Tensions Mount A political impasse in Italy and the possibility of fresh elections put markets on edge Monday, with Italian bonds and stocks sell...
Jun 01, 2018