Roughly 25 local entrepreneurs were treated to a great lunch and some great marketing know-how at Setter's Place in Bower Ponds recently. The May 23 event marked a celebration of the Digital Service Squad program and was sponsored by Community Futures Central Alberta. Since 2021, officials say the Digital Service Squad...

An agricultural processing tax incentive bylaw designed to attract related developments to central Alberta has been passed unanimously through its first, second, and third readings by Red Deer County council. On May 28, council voted to implement the tax-exempting bylaw as a step towards growing the region's role as an...

A poll conducted for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) said most Canadians want a carbon tax exemption for farmers.CTF released Leger polling showing 70 per cent of Canadians support the farmers' opposition to the tax.CTF Prairie Director Gage Haubrich said the poll is clear."The vast majority of Canadians w...

The Alberta Chambers of Commerce Annual General Meeting and Policy Plenary session took place at the Red Deer Resort and Casino on May 25, featuring delegates from across the province as they tackled provincial and federal issues. "The Policy Plenary is one of the most crucial activities our organization undertake...

Red Deer's vehicle for hire industry will gain more drivers after city council approved new plate draws for the next three years. On May 27, city council unanimously passed Vehicle for Hire Bylaw 3706/2024, which designated that the city holds one annual draw for 15 plates for three consecutive years, for a potential t...

Red Deer Polytechnic (RDP) says it is continuing to increase practical learning opportunities for students with the launch of a two-year Executive Assistant Diploma program in the Fall 2024 Term. Officials say the Executive Assistant Diploma program builds on the Polytechnic's one-year Administrative Professional Certi...

Currently undergoing construction, Dairy Innovation West (DIW), a milk processing facility, is poised to make groundbreaking impacts to the transportation and environmental footprint of the dairy industry in western Canada. Typically, raw milk is transported from Alberta dairies, to processing facilities as far as Abbo...

Minister of Advanced Education Rajan Sawhney has appointed an Advisory Council of Skilled Trades Youth Ambassadors (STYA). To build housing, expand infrastructure and address workforce shortages, government officials say Alberta needs more skilled trades workers. Over the past two years, apprenticeship registration in ...

This week's highlights North American markets close higher despite late-week correction Economic acceleration pushes bonds to give up recent gains Inflation in Canada cools to 2.7% in April, increasing odds of a summer interest rate cut U.S. home sales fall again in April after high mortgage rates dampen activity China...

A program teaching Red Deer students about the meaning of philanthropy has been both inspiring and touching, organizers share. Erin Peden, executive director at the Red Deer and District Community Foundation, notes that Grade 5 students at St. Martin de Porres have been leading the charge with Youth in Philanthropy sin...