Tag Archives: Business & Economy

Big Picture Fed Holds Steady, Downplays Low Inflation; Canadian Economy Shrinks The U.S. Federal Reserve held its benchmark interest rate steady on Wednesday, with officials pointing to a generally he...

CALGARY - The Petroleum Services Association of Canada is again lowering its forecast for how many oil and gas wells will be drilled in Canada this year.It says it now thinks just 5,300 wells will be ...

RED DEER- The Red Deer Chamber of Commerce is hosting an emergency preparedness workshop on May 23.Disasters and emergencies can wreak havoc on a business resulting in decreased operating time, lost i...

Big Picture Markets Hit Record Highs on Tuesday; Bank of Canada Lowers Forecast The S&P 500 and Nasdaq had their highest closings on record Tuesday, as positive profit reports for Q1 pushed major ...

Red Deerians will soon have another place to buy recreational pot.Fire & Flower has been granted two of the 26 new retail cannabis licences being issued Alberta Gaming Liquor and Cannabis (AGLC), ...

A Red Deer funeral home appears to have been the victim of a phone scam.Eventide Funeral Home's Amber Sieben tells rdnewsNOW that the scam is of the spoofing variety."Scammers are calling outbound tel...

OTTAWA - New federal data suggest Canada's highest earners paid a slightly greater share of the country's overall income taxes following Liberal changes designe...

The downtown Red Deer location of Central Alberta Co-op will close this summer after 56 years in business.The company states in a release that because of the city's growth and shifting shopping habits...

Big PictureMarkets in Wait-and-See Mode Ahead of Quarterly Earnings ResultsThe Dow and S&P drifted slightly lower Thursday, as traders have gone into a holding pattern in anticipation of quarterly...

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - United Conservative Leader Jason Kenney is taking his pro-pipeline message to the heart of Alberta's oilpatch where he's promising to push back on policies he says are hollowing...