Category Archives: Business
Market Watch: Dec. 2, 2022
Big Picture Fed Minutes Reveal Growing Sentiment to Slow Rate IncreasesU.S. stocks retreated Monday, weighed down by Covid protests across China and hawkish comments from Fed officials about the futur...
Dec 02, 2022
Red Deer region's unemployment rate rises in November
There was a rise in the Red Deer Region's unemployment rate last month, making it the highest rate among the province's economic regions.According to Statistics Canada, the Red Deer Region's jobless r...
Dec 02, 2022
Alberta Sovereignty Act damaging to business: Calgary Chamber of Commerce
CALGARY, AB - The Calgary Chamber of Commerce says Alberta's proposed sovereignty act will be damaging to businesses.Chamber president and CEO Deborah Yedlin says the proposed legislation creates inve...
Nov 30, 2022
Ponoka town council renews residential and business incentive attraction programs
Ponoka town council has renewed its Residential and Business Incentive Programs for 2023. Town officials say the purpose of these incentive programs is to continue attracting new residents and busines...
Nov 25, 2022
Province says Alberta's economy is strong in Q2 update
Alberta's government says it is continuing to build a prosperous economic future for Albertans with an unrelenting focus on fiscal responsibility, job creation and diversification. During its Q2 Fisca...
Nov 24, 2022
Central Alberta deemed production opportunity to help global supply chain challenges
A car is built with American steel for the body and Japanese glass for the windows. Mexican plastic is used for the inner portion like the dashboard while labour in China pieces the automobile togethe...
Nov 24, 2022 Guest speaker Sasha Sergeev, former Director of Supply Chain Management Process & Performance at Cenovous Energy, speaks at the the Central Alberta Ecenomic Partnership Fall General Meeting on Wednesday at the Golden Circle in Red Deer. (rdnewsNOW/Alessia Proietti)
Building permit values continue to increase in October
Officials with the City of Red Deer say building permit values increased in October, with 76 approved permits valued at over $5.4 million, compared with 73 permits issued in October 2021 worth over $4...
Nov 23, 2022
Market Watch: Nov. 18, 2022
Big Picture Weak Retail Sales, Hawkish Fed Continue to Weigh on IndexesNorth American indexes ended lower on Monday, as investors continued to parse comments from Fed officials about the course of fut...
Nov 18, 2022
Sylvan Lake's new Vehicle for Hire Bylaw creates path for ridesharing companies
An updated Vehicle for Hire Bylaw should pave the way for more ridesharing opportunities to enter the Sylvan Lake market.Town council passed third reading of the bylaw this week, upgrading the one app...
Nov 18, 2022
Calgary Board of Education partners with Olds College
Olds College of Agriculture Technology is teaming up with the Calgary Board of Education (CBE) to bring agriculture technology classes to Calgary high school students. Offered through the College's du...
Nov 18, 2022