Category Archives: Business

The Bank of Canada lowered its key interest rate by half a percentage point today but signalled a slower pace of rate cuts moving forward.The decision marked the fifth consecutive reduction since June...

This week's highlightsGlobal markets face uncertainty amid mixed economic signals and political instabilityIndecisive Fed, jobs reports drive volatility in fixed income marketsCanadian manufacturing a...

The Alberta government has released new wind and solar development rules it says are needed to protect the environment, food security and the province's scenery.The regulations say wind projects will ...

The Alzheimer Society of Alberta and Northwest Territories received a substantial donation on Friday from a Red Deer division of Scotia McLeod.A donation of $12,000 from Scotia Wealth Management will ...

The Red Deer region saw a rise in its unemployment rate last month, increasing from 6.6 per cent in October to 6.9 per cent in November. Still well below, however, a jobless rate of 7.9 per cent in No...

Premier Danielle Smith will represent Alberta from Dec. 6-10 at the Western Governors' Association's winter meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada. According to provincial officials, this meeting is expected to...

The Government of Alberta is aiming to make Alberta the North American destination of choice for Artificial Intelligence (AI) data centre investment.Officials say an AI data centre attraction strategy...

For the third month in a row, the City of Red Deer reports that building permit values continued to climb in November, with 83 permits issued at a value of $23 million; in November 2023, there were 91...

This week's highlightsEquity markets advance despite tariff threats and weaker-than-expected GDPTariffs and weak GDP data rattle fixed income marketsCanada's economy grew by 1% in third quarterFed's p...

Prairie premiers are urging Canada to act on American concerns over illegal cross-border traffic of people and drugs to stave off the looming threat of 25-per-cent tariffs.Alberta's Danielle Smith, Sa...