Business & Economy

Province improves access to trucking jobs

The provincial government has established a grant program and a training program to get more truck drivers behind the wheel.In a release, the government says a $3-million Driving Back to Work grant pr...

Nov 26, 2020

Chamber relieved total lockdown avoided

Officials with the Red Deer and District Chamber of Commerce are breathing a sigh of relief that new provincial government measures to address growing COVID-19 cases in the province do not include a t...

Nov 25, 2020

MNP Announces Patrick Wigmore as New Regional Managing Partner

MNP is excited to share that Patrick Wigmore, CPA, CA, will succeed Doug Stroh, CPA, CA, as the firm's Regional Managing Partner (RMP) for the Central Alberta region. Patrick is looking forward to tak...

Sheldon Spackman Nov 24, 2020

Keystone XL not the same project John Kerry nixed in 2015, Canada's U.S. envoy says

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Canada's ambassador to the United States says the Keystone XL pipeline project has evolved since John Kerry nixed it in 2015. President-elect Joe Biden has named Kerry, former...

Nov 24, 2020

Announcement of new COVID-19 restrictions for Alberta expected this afternoon

Senior government and health officials are expected to announce additional restrictions to curb the spread of COVID-19 in Alberta at a new conference Tuesday afternoon.It is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Yo...

Nov 24, 2020

Fossil fuels to decline but remain big player in Canada's energy use by 2050: report

OTTAWA - The Canada Energy Regulator says reaching net-zero emissions over the next 30 years will to require a much more aggressive transition away from oil and gas.The annual Energy Futures report re...

Nov 24, 2020

Province announces new grants for businesses hit hard by COVID

EDMONTON, AB- Alberta's government is providing more financial support to job creators hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic.Businesses are able to apply for a second payment from the Small and Medium ...

Nov 23, 2020

Canadian Aviation College touches down at Red Deer Regional Airport

A new business is set to take flight at Red Deer Regional Airport (YQF).Airport officials have announced Canadian Aviation College as their newest business partner.Canadian Aviation College is describ...

Nov 20, 2020

AIMCo chief executive to exit from Alberta's embattled fund manager by June 2021

CALGARY - The chief executive of Alberta Investment Management Corp. is expected to leave the post by next June a few months earlier than planned before the Alberta fund manager's investment track rec...

Nov 19, 2020

Province declares Women’s Entrepreneurship Day in Alberta

The provincial government has declared Nov. 19 as Women's Entrepreneurship Day in Alberta.Leela Sharon Aheer, Alberta's Minister of Culture, Multiculturalism and Status of Women, issued the following ...

Nov 19, 2020