Tag Archives: Business & Economy
City Manager Allan Seabrooke in it for the long haul in Red Deer
On his first day at work, Red Deer's new city manager say he is all in on ensuring he can provide the best advice to council and that our city can move forward prosperously.Allan Seabrooke, who was an...
May 13, 2019 (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)
Residents could see lower property taxes
Rocky Mountain House town council has adopted the 2019 tax rate bylaw. In accordance with the Municipal Government Act, council is required to pass an annual tax rate bylaw to levy sufficient taxes fo...
May 13, 2019
Market Watch: May 10, 2019
Big Picture Markets Unsteady as Trade Standoff, Tariffs Take Centre Stage What a difference a week makes. Markets began Monday trading on shaky ground following a Sunday tweet from U.S. President Dona...
May 10, 2019
Market Watch: May 3, 2019
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...
May 05, 2019
Association cuts oil and gas drilling forecast again as slowdown deepens
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 ...
May 01, 2019
Chamber hosting Emergency Preparedness Workshop
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...
May 01, 2019
Market Watch: April 26, 2019
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 ...
Apr 26, 2019
Third pot shop coming to Red Deer
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), ...
Apr 24, 2019 Fire & Flower plans to have their cannabis store in south Red Deer open next month. (rdnewsNOW/Troy Gillard)
Red Deer funeral home hit by apparent phone scam
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...
Apr 19, 2019
Top 1% paid slightly more in taxes after Liberal changes, figures show
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...
Apr 18, 2019