Category Archives: Business
January building permit values down despite higher permit volume
Building permit values in Red Deer totalled $11.5 million in January, down from $17.2 million in January 2025, according to the City of Red Deer.While more permits were issued overall, 94 compared to ...
Feb 06, 2026
Red Deer's unemployment rate improves to start 2026
Red Deer's unemployment rate dropped to 5.4 per cent in January, from 6.1 per cent in December.Elsewhere around AlbertaLethbridge-Medicine Hat: 6.9%Edmonton: 6.6%Calgary: 6.5%Wood Buffalo-Cold Lake: 6...
Feb 06, 2026 (Image Credit: ID 11068825 © Lucian Milasan | Dreamstime.com)
Market Watch: January 30
This week's highlightsTech earnings gains tempered by policy uncertaintySovereign curves anchored by Fed and BoC holdsBank of Canada holds benchmark interest rate steady amid trade uncertaintyFederal ...
Feb 02, 2026 (Image Credit: Scotia Wealth Management)
Podcast: Lacombe Mayor Thalia Hibbs addresses closure of Research and Development Centre
This week on episode 58 The Everything Red Deer Podcast, host and rdnewsNOW reporter Josh Hall interviews Lacombe Mayor Thalia Hibbs about the announcement this week that the 119-year-old Lacombe Rese...
Jan 30, 2026 (Image Credit: Background: Google Maps; Top inset: City of Lacombe)
RDP shares highlights of 2025 impact report
Red Deer Polytechnic held its annual impact breakfast, where the institution highlighted the progress made and challenges faced during the last academic year through its 2025 impact report.RDP Preside...
Jan 29, 2026 (Image Credit: rdnewsNOW file photo)
Red Deer D.R.I.V.E. hoping to bring new economic development outlook
A new economic development body is taking shape in Red Deer, and it stands for Developing Regional Innovation Ventures and Entrepreneurship.You may also call it Red Deer D.R.I.V.E., and it stems from ...
Jan 27, 2026
$10-billion data centre development proposed for Olds
A new one-gigawatt data centre could be built in Olds.On Tuesday, Synapse Data Center Inc. announced, as a result of a $10 billion private-sector investment, plans for a proposed major data centre dev...
Jan 27, 2026 (Image Credit: ID 137795256 © Thekaikoro | Dreamstime.com)
Construction accelerates at AI data centre near Red Deer
Companies involved in a new AI data centre in Red Deer County announced a major milestone on Monday.Havenz Smart Communities, in partnership with Energy Haven and Indigenous equity partner Turning Sto...
Jan 26, 2026 (Image Credit: Data Center Map/Screenshot)
New strategy to focus on expanding access to trades training in central Alberta
Red Deer Polytechnic announced, through extensive collaboration, a new Central Alberta Trades Strategy (CATS) in an effort to expand access.The new CATS is set to transform how trades training is deli...
Jan 26, 2026 (Image Credit: Red Deer Polytechnic/Supplied)
Market Watch - Jan. 23, 2026
This week's highlights Markets stabilize after early-week geopolitical unrest Yields jump on tariff shock, settle mid-week Canada's inflation rate rises to 2.4% in December, but core measures ease Fed...
Jan 26, 2026