Category Archives: Business
Industry Committee Tables Report on Manufacturing in Canada
OTTAWA – The House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry Science and Technology, for which Red Deer - Mountain View MP Earl Dreeshen serves as Vice Chair, has tabled its report on the state ...
Jun 01, 2017
Chamber of Commerce opens nominations for 2017 Business of the Year Awards
The Business of the Year Awards are organized by the Red Deer & District Chamber of Commerce and held annually in conjunction with Small Business Week. The Business Awards are presented, in four c...
May 30, 2017
Western provinces to lead economic growth in 2017
OTTAWA- Alberta and Saskatchewan are expected to emerge out of recession and lead the provinces in economic growth this year, according to The Conference Board of Canada’s Provincial Outlook: Sp...
May 29, 2017
Kinder Morgan announces final investment decision on Trans Mountain pipeline
VANCOUVER - Kinder Morgan says it will proceed with the $7.4-billion Trans Mountain pipeline expansion as long as it secures satisfactory financing for the project through its initial public offering....
May 25, 2017
Workplace and labour rule changes too much at once: Chamber
There are some concerns that the provincial government is taking on too much at once with its bid to modernize Alberta's workplace legislation for the first time in nearly three decades. The Fair and ...
May 25, 2017
RCMP Supt. Foster tells business owners "get to know your neighbour"
Red Deer's top cop presented to local business owners at Wednesday's Red Deer and District Chamber of Commerce luncheon. Supt. Ken Foster told those in attendance that one of the most important things...
May 24, 2017
Inflation rate 1.6% for second month amid higher energy prices, lower food costs
OTTAWA - The country’s annual inflation rate once again rang in at 1.6 per cent last month as higher energy costs offset a seventh consecutive decline in grocery store prices, Statistics Canada ...
May 19, 2017
Sales of Crown oil and gas drilling rights surge in B.C. and Alberta
CALGARY – Sales of Crown drilling rights in Alberta and B.C. have already delivered more money to provincial treasuries this year than last year, when they generated record low returns. Oil and ...
May 18, 2017
Central Alberta Awards of Excellence in Housing winners announced
The Central Alberta chapter of the Canadian Home Builders' Association has announced the recipients of the 2017 Central Alberta Excellence in Housing Awards. “The Awards celebrate innovation, cr...
May 16, 2017
Tribes in U.S. and Canada unite against Keystone XL oil pipeline
BISMARCK, N.D. - Tribes representing tens of thousands of indigenous people in the U.S. and Canada will be signing a declaration against the planned Keystone XL oil pipeline. Leaders of the Blackfoot ...
May 16, 2017