Category Archives: Business

Prairie provinces collaborating on economic corridors
Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba have reached a year of collaboration on economic corridors, and will continue to do so with a focus on enhancing strategic infrastructure to better trade and transp...
Jul 04, 2024

Alberta invests in methane emission reduction research
The Alberta government is investing $15 million over five years for the Natural Gas Innovation Fund (NGIF) Accelerator's Emissions Testing Centre program with the goal of testing new technologies, red...
Jul 03, 2024

Alberta and N.W.T. partner to expand economic corridors
Alberta and the Northwest Territories have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on economic corridors in an effort to support growth and development in both jurisdictions. Economic corr...
Jul 03, 2024

Minister Vandal announces federal investments to support value-added agriculture projects across Alberta
The Government of Canada has announced an investment it hopes will enable Alberta's small- and medium-sized businesses to capitalize on opportunities that build on the province's recognized strengths ...
Jul 03, 2024 (CNW Group/Prairies Economic Development Canada)

GenNext seeks to celebrate local leaders in central Alberta's 40 Under 40
GenNext, an affinity group of United Way Central Alberta, has launched Central Alberta's 40 under 40, an initiative aimed to celebrate the exceptional talent and leadership of young professionals in t...
Jul 02, 2024

Market Watch: June 28
This week's highlightsMarkets wrap productive first half of 2024Bond yields flat despite positive PCE readingCanada's inflation rate accelerated to 2.9% in MayU.S. economic growth for last quarter rev...
Jul 02, 2024

Red Deer Polytechnic and Actua continue partnership to extend Red Hot Science program
Red Deer Polytechnic (RDP) and Actua have renewed their partnership to continue offering central Alberta youth innovative science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) experiences. Recently,...
Jul 02, 2024

Alberta Crop Report: June 28
While the warm weather throughout central Alberta was good for crop development, minimal rain and high winds caused many areas to have declining moisture conditions. Currently, surface soil (sub-surfa...
Jun 28, 2024

WestJet strike likely averted as Ottawa imposes arbitration on airline, mechanics
A possible long-weekend strike at WestJet has been averted.The federal labour minister directed the airline and mechanics into binding arbitration to resolve their dispute which is all but certain to ...
Jun 27, 2024

Alberta announces final numbers for fiscal year, including $4.3B surplus
Alberta has announced its final numbers for the fiscal year that ended in March, and the bottom line is a $4.3-billion surplus. Finance Minister Nate Horner says Alberta took in almost $75 billion in ...
Jun 27, 2024