Category Archives: Business
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Apr 13, 2018
March building permits exceed last year’s values
RED DEER- All sectors but commercial exceeded building permit values in March compared to the same month in 2017. Total permits were valued at $13.9 million, compared to $8 million in March of last ye...
Apr 13, 2018
CN apologizes again for grain backlog, vows to get things moving
CN Rail is again apologizing to farmers in Alberta’s Peace region for not getting grain to market this winter. Executive Vice President Sean Finn says the company has not cleared the backlog in ...
Apr 11, 2018
Red Deer 2018 home starts falling behind 2017
RED DEER- CMHC is out with home start numbers for Red Deer for the month of March. There were 12 single family and multiple unit home starts. Last March there were 15. Through the first quarter of 201...
Apr 10, 2018
Market Watch - April 6, 2018
Market Watch April 6, 2018 Big Picture By Andrew Trimble Trade tensions in focus The new month and new quarter got off to a volatile start amid rising - and falling - trade tensions and the potential ...
Apr 06, 2018
More family visits leading spike in local tourism
Red Deer was among many communities and regions across the province to see increased tourism in 2016. This week, the province's Culture and Tourism department released data from Statistics Canada show...
Apr 06, 2018
Positive jobless numbers for Red Deer area
RED DEER- Stats Canada is out with unemployment numbers for March. The Red Deer area saw a sizeable drop from 5.5% in February to 4.9% last month. The unemployment rate for our area in March 2017 was ...
Apr 06, 2018
AER suspends oil and gas company's licences
EDMONTON- Alberta’s energy regulator says it has suspended the licences of an oil and gas producer after no one answered its 1-800 emergency phone line when one of its hydrocarbon handling facil...
Apr 03, 2018
Norwegian technology employs 'artificial magma' to stifle Alberta gas well leaks
CALGARY - New technologies employing brute force as well as artificial volcanic action are being developed to better seal thousands of inactive oil and gas wells in Canada that are leaking methane, a ...
Mar 22, 2018
Western Canada's only electric school bus visits Red Deer
A one-of-a-kind school bus made its way to Red Deer on Wednesday for an appearance at the 36th Annual ASTAC Trade Show and Conference. The Alberta Student Transportation Advisory Council event runs Ma...
Mar 21, 2018