Business & Economy

Alberta increasing oil production limits

EDMONTON, AB - The Alberta government has increased oil production limits for November and December.According to a release issued Thursday afternoon, the province will be increasing the production lim...

Sep 26, 2019

RDC hosts annual 'Backpacks to Briefcases' student conference

Approximately 400 students from Red Deer College had the chance on Thursday to learn more about making the transition from the classroom to the workplace. The annual 'Backpacks to Briefcases' professi...

Sep 26, 2019

Frustration in local business community: Chamber survey

The Red Deer & District Chamber of Commerce says its recent survey on the state of business conditions in central Alberta revealed a lot of frustration among local businesses. Respondents to the s...

Sep 25, 2019

Marshalls opening at Bower Place Oct. 1

Marshalls, the off-brand retailer, will celebrate the opening of its new store at Bower Place on October 1.Doors will open at 9 a.m. for the new store that will offer over 19,000 square feet of big br...

Sep 24, 2019

Bower Place opens new wing to great excitement

These are exciting times at Bower Place Shopping Centre as its new east wing has opened up at long last.Shopper's Drug Mart, which relocated from the south side, held its grand opening last weekend."W...

Sep 19, 2019 (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)

Local Dealership Named Best In Canada

Wheaton Chevrolet of Red Deer, central Alberta's first choice for quality vehicles and service, has been named one of the country's top dealerships. The General Motors President's Club trophy was pres...

Sep 13, 2019

MARKET WATCH: Sept. 13

Big PictureECB to Restart Quantitative Easing; N.A. Markets Relatively Calm The European Central Bank (ECB) cut its key interest rate 10 basis points and will start buying 20 billion a month of eurozo...

Sep 13, 2019

Medicine Hat to abandon majority of gas wells through $90 million program

Medicine Hat, AB - The City of Medicine Hat will be spending $90 million over the next three years as it commences a program to abandon more than 2000 of its gas wells, officials announced on Wednesda...

Sep 12, 2019

City manager seeks to reduce over-regulation, make Red Deer more business friendly

Red Deer's new City Manager says fewer government regulations would go a long way towards making our city more business friendly. Allan Seabrooke said as much to over 100 business and community leader...

Sep 11, 2019 Red Deer city manager Allan Seabrooke was the guest speaker at the Red Deer and District Chamber of Commerce luncheon on Wednesday. Seabrooke hopes to see reduced regulations from all levels of government moving forward in hopes of boosting economic development in the region and beyond.

New Eavor-Lite project plans to show and not just tell

With the world leaning more and more towards green energy and renewability, technological innovations like Eavor-Loop are making huge strides."The Eavor-Loop technology harnesses the Earth's natural h...

Sep 11, 2019