Tag Archives: Business & Economy
Canadian economy added 35,200 jobs in December, unemployment rate falls
OTTAWA - The Canadian job market bounced back in December to post a gain of 35,200 jobs and reverse some of the losses in November which saw the biggest monthly loss since the financial crisis.The inc...
Jan 10, 2020 Dreamstime.com
MARKET WATCH: Jan. 10
Big PictureMarkets Climb as Mideast Tensions Subside It's been an unsettling week for investors across the globe as tensions between the U.S. and Iran flared after last Friday's killing of a top Irani...
Jan 10, 2020
Alberta petrochemical project cost estimate rises to about $4.9 billion
The cost of a petrochemical project near Edmonton designed to turn propane into plastic pellets to be shipped to manufacturers around the world has risen to about $4.9 billion, up about $400 million f...
Jan 08, 2020
B.C. LNG pipeline project to resume work despite opposition, says company
VICTORIA - The company building a 670-kilometre natural gas pipeline as part of the massive LNG Canada project in northern British Columbia says it plans to resume construction this week despite ...
Jan 06, 2020
Canadian oilpatch hopes float on Prairie helium drilling prospects
Calgary, AB - A veteran of Canada's ailing oilpatch is hoping a new product drawn from deep under Prairie grain fields will provide a natural resource boom for Western Canada.Marlon McDougall, 59, say...
Jan 06, 2020
Canadian oil stocks rise as U.S. airstrike stokes fears of market disruption
Higher oil prices in the wake of a U.S. airstrike in Iraq that killed a top Iranian general were driving up share prices for Canadian energy companies and threatening higher fuel prices for consumers ...
Jan 03, 2020 (The Canadian Press)
Report ranks WestJet most punctual airline in Canada
A travel data provider ranks WestJet Airlines Ltd. as the most punctual airline in Canada.OAG's annual report regarding on-time performance says the Calgary-based carrier placed sixth among carriers i...
Jan 03, 2020
Top CEOs made as much as average worker earns in a year by mid-morning Thursday
OTTAWA - Canada's 100 highest-paid chief executives were paid record amounts in 2018 in comparison to the employees beneath them, according to a new report released Thursday. The Canadian Centre for P...
Jan 02, 2020
AltaGas may be forced to increase stake in energy handling firm Petrogas
AltaGas Ltd. says it may be forced to increase its ownership share in Petrogas Energy Corp., an oil and gas liquids handling firm that owns and operates a propane export terminal in Washington state. ...
Jan 02, 2020 AltaGas’ Townsend facility (Photo: AltaGas Ltd.)
Cautious optimism for local real estate market in 2020
The new president of the Central Alberta Realtors Association (CARA) is describing 2019 as a slight improvement over the year previous for the local real estate market.However, Allan Melbourne says th...
Jan 02, 2020 Allan Melbourne, president, Central Alberta Realtors Association for 2020. (Supplied)