Tag Archives: Business & Economy

JBS Foods says it has paid the equivalent of $11 million U.S. in ransom in response to a cyberattack.On May 31, it was announced that the company was the victim of a ransomware attack. On June 9, JBS ...

Rocky Mountain House town council has approved the new Community Grant Kickstart Program. During council's June 1 regular meeting, $100,000 was approved to help alleviate the strain brought on by COVI...

EDMONTON - The federal and Alberta governments are signing an agreement that could lead to a plant to produce hydrogen built near Edmonton. The governments say they're working with Air Products Canada...

For the first time in quite a while there's a sense of optimism among local employers.According to the latest ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey, Red Deer area employers expect an upbeat hiring c...

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) says a man from Bonnyville has been fined nearly $300,000 and sentenced to jail time for tax evasion. On November 27, 2020, Clayton Kubbernus pleaded guilty in the Albe...

The unemployment rate for the Red Deer region saw a slight drop last month.In May, the local jobless rate was 10.2 per cent, down from 10.6 in April. Province-wide, Alberta saw a drop in unemployment ...

A young Red Deer man has received a $1 million grant from the federal government to help in the fight against COVID-19.Cole Webber, 22, and his company, Betterfit, is one of eight small and medium-siz...

The Alberta government is increasing funding to support Indigenous tourism experiences across the province as part of the plan to help the tourism sector recover.As part of Budget 2021, the province i...

The Alberta government is allowing accommodation providers to keep the tourism levy amounts they collect for an additional three months.To ensure money stays in the pockets of Alberta's job creators, ...

Application intake for the spring 2021 payment from Alberta's small business grant has been extended to June 30.In April, Alberta's government reopened the Small and Medium Enterprise Relaunch Grant p...