Business & Economy

London Drugs unveils new concept store in Red Deer

London Drugs officially re-opens in Red Deer on Friday after an extensive renovation and the addition of a medical clinic. The entirely redesigned and expanded 34,533 square-foot store features an ope...

May 30, 2019

AGLC plans to grant five cannabis retail licenses each week from now on

MEDICINE HAT - The freeze on cannabis retail licenses has been lifted in Alberta.Alberta Gaming Liquor Cannabis (AGLC) has decided there's enough producers to sustain more cannabis retail stores."We'v...

May 30, 2019

Gas prices drop as province scraps carbon tax

Gas prices in Red Deer fell as much as seven cents on Thursday as the United Conservatives cancelled the provincial tax on gasoline and home heating fuels put in place by the NDP.An Alberta carbon tax...

May 30, 2019 The price of gas in Red Deer fell 7 cents between 9 a.m. (left) and 4 p.m. on Thursday (rdnewsNOW/Sheldon Spackman)

Nominations open for 2019 Business of the Year Awards

The Red Deer and District Chamber of Commerce is now accepting nominations for the 2019 Business of the Year Awards.The awards, held annually in conjunction with Small Business Week, are presented, in...

May 29, 2019

RCMP foot patrol, DBA moving to Little Gaetz

Red Deer RCMP and the Red Deer Downtown Business Association (DBA) are teaming up for moves, literally, to tackle needle debris and loitering issues plaguing downtown Red Deer. On June 10, the DBA and...

May 29, 2019 The Red Deer RCMP downtown unit and the Red Deer Downtown Business Assoc. are moving into this building on Little Gaetz. (Google)

Alberta introduces bill to slash corporate income taxes by a third over three years

EDMONTON - Alberta has put the legal wheels in motion to cut corporate income taxes by one third.The changes are part of a bill introduced in the legislature by Finance Minister Travis Toews.Bill 3, i...

May 28, 2019 L-R: Terry O’Flynn, Rick More, Minister Travis Toews, Todd MacKay, Sandip Lalli and Janet Riopel (Gov't of Alberta)

Excellence in local home building honoured

The Building Industry and Land Development Association - Central Alberta (BILDCentral Alberta) is pleased to announce the winners for the 2019 BILD Central Alberta Awards for Excellence in Housing. Th...

May 28, 2019

Liberals push forward with ratification of new NAFTA in House of Commons

OTTAWA - The federal government has moved forward in Parliament with the ratification of the new North American free-trade agreement as the legislative clock ticks towards a summer adjournment and fal...

May 27, 2019

Green Party calls for Canada to stop using foreign oil

Green party Leader Elizabeth May says saving the world from climate change requires Canada to get off oil before the middle of the century.In the meantime, she wants Canada off foreign oil as soon as ...

May 27, 2019

EQUS building new head office in Innisfail

A groundbreaking ceremony was held Friday as EQUS, Canada's largest member-owned utility, prepares to build an ambitious new head office in Innisfail. The building will feature 19,000 square feet of w...

May 25, 2019