Tag Archives: Business & Economy
Kenney announces plans for rebuilding Alberta’s economy
Premier Jason Kenney says the government's plan to rebuild Alberta's economy is centred on the largest infrastructure build in Alberta's history that will create more than 50,000 jobs.Kenney says the ...
Jun 29, 2020
Culligan Red Deer makes a splash in first year under new ownership
Despite an economy in the gutter, and a global pandemic in addition, one Red Deer business is claiming success a year into its operation.Culligan Red Deer, the first female-owned location in Canada, w...
Jun 27, 2020
Kenney says ambitious, long-term Alberta economy reboot plan coming Monday
GRANDE PRAIRIE - Premier Jason Kenney says his government's blueprint to reboot Alberta's distressed economy will be announced Monday in Calgary."It will be a bold and ambitious plan to make strategic...
Jun 26, 2020
Market Watch: June 26
Big Picture Markets Stumble Mid-Week as Rising Infection Rates Dampen Recovery Hopes It looked like it was going to be another week of steady and modest gains for N.A. markets, as investors focused on...
Jun 26, 2020
Alberta probe into foreign funding of anti-oil groups extended to October
EDMONTON - Alberta's public inquiry into whether foreign money is bankrolling anti-oil protests in Canada is going into overtime. Energy Minister Sonya Savage says the initial findings from ...
Jun 25, 2020
Servus Credit Union named #5 in Canada on Forbes list of World’s Best Banks
Servus Credit Union has been recognized on the Forbes list of World's Best Banks 2020, ranking fifth among Canadian banks.The ranking is based on results from surveys completed by Forbes' partner, Sta...
Jun 25, 2020
Landowners in Riverside Light Industrial get final rezoning approval
Twenty properties in Red Deer's Riverside Light Industrial area now have some added flexibility with their operations with new IC (Industrial Commercial) zoning.This was made possible last January whe...
Jun 25, 2020
WestJet laying off 3,333 employees
WestJet Airlines says it will permanently lay off 3,333 employees as part of a major restructuring amid the COVID-19 pandemic that has devastated the travel industry.The company says it will consolida...
Jun 25, 2020
Insurance business owner leaving Red Deer for Gasoline Alley after council decision
John Ponto has owned and operated his travel insurance business in Red Deer for over three decades, and with his daughter part of the company he expects it to go on for several more decades. But that ...
Jun 24, 2020
Alberta reinstating environmental monitoring in industry, oilpatch on July 15
EDMONTON - Alberta industries, including the oilpatch, will resume environmental monitoring and reporting in three weeks. The Alberta government and its energy regulator have each issued ord...
Jun 23, 2020