Business & Economy

CEO confident Westerner Days will be back next year

Today marks the start of what would have been the kick-off to central Alberta's largest summer celebration.The 2020 edition of Westerner Days scheduled for July 15-19 was cancelled due to government h...

Jul 15, 2020

RCMP build relationships with Red Deer businesses during COVID transition

Red Deer RCMP are receiving kudos for their work to build relationships with businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.The economic environment was already difficult prior to the world as we knew it bei...

Jul 13, 2020

Company continues to pitch thermal energy technology

An Alberta company continues making its pitch to the Town of Rocky Mountain House for its technology that uses the earth's heat to generate electricity. The Eavor-Loop technology harnesses the planet'...

Jul 10, 2020

Red Deer area unemployment rate hits 13.4% in June

RED DEER- The Red Deer area unemployment rate rose to 13.4% in June.That is up from May's 12.7%.The local unemployment rate in June of last year was 7.1%.Alberta's unemployment rate remained unchanged...

Jul 10, 2020

New program aims to attract petrochemical manufacturing to Alberta

Alberta is already a leader of petrochemical manufacturing in Canada, but a new program aims to set the province up as a global player. The provincial government announced on Thursday the Alberta Petr...

Jul 09, 2020

Building permit numbers rise in June

The City of Red Deer says building permit applications returned to a "seasonal average" in June after slowing in May. Last month's numbers show the number of permits issued by the city rose from 39 in...

Jul 08, 2020

Former MLA who gave seat up for Kenney gets Texas appointment

EDMONTON - A former Alberta legislature member who gave up his seat for Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has a new government job in Texas.Kenney has appointed Dave Rodney to the job of Alberta's agent ge...

Jul 08, 2020

Alberta won't require full environmental assessments for sandpits

EDMONTON - Alberta is moving to change the legal definition of minerals to spare excavators from having to conduct environmental assessments for large sandpits.A court ruling earlier this spring would...

Jul 07, 2020

U.S. Supreme Court deals blow to Keystone XL pipeline project

BILLINGS, Mont. -- The U.S. Supreme Court handed another setback to the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline on Monday by keeping in place a lower court ruling that blocked a key environmental permit for th...

Jul 07, 2020

Canadian airlines accused of ignoring COVID precautions, denying refunds

TORONTO - When Bobbi Jo Green booked a flight back in May for her, her husband, and her children to see two ailing family members, she was counting on the airline's physical distancing rules...

Jul 07, 2020