Category Archives: Business
B.C. can't hold economy 'hostage,' Notley says in defence of Trans Mountain
CALGARY - Opponents of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion have no power to stop it, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley said Tuesday in her strongest rebuke yet since the outcome of the British Columbia ...
May 16, 2017
Province continues to move forward on abandoned oil wells
EDMONTON- The Notley government continues to work with industry and experts to find ways to better protect Albertans and the environment by improving policies for managing old oil and gas facilities. ...
May 11, 2017
Red Deer entrepreneur talks Ag tech with Bill Gates
What's it like to talk agriculture with the richest man in the world? A local entrepreneur found out last week when he gave a presentation in Seattle to Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates...
May 10, 2017
Red Deer April home starts almost same as last year
RED DEER- CMHC is out with housing start numbers for Red Deer in April. Work began on 11 single family homes, the same as in April of 2016. There were 9 multiple starts, two fewer than a year ago. So ...
May 08, 2017
TransCanada CEO says no firm timeline yet for Keystone XL, Energy East
CALGARY - TransCanada Corp. (TSX:TRP) is still not prepared to offer a firm timeline for the completion of the Keystone XL pipeline, its top executive said on Friday, even after U.S. President Donald ...
May 05, 2017
Red Deer area unemployment rate rises in April
RED DEER- Stats Canada is out with unemployment numbers for April. The rate for the Red Deer area was 9.7%, that is up from 9.5% in March. The Alberta rate dropped from 8.4% to 7.9% in April. The nati...
May 05, 2017