Tag Archives: Business & Economy
It may be protein based - but, it is not beef!
CALGARY, AB -- Cattle producers across the country are backing Quebec colleagues who have filed a complaint over a popular new meatless burger that is being advertised as ``plant-based meat.'' The Que...
May 16, 2019 Credit to Beyond Meat website
First downtown development takes advantage of new tax incentive
LETHBRIDGE, AB - One of the incentives put in place by Lethbridge City Council to bring new development and investment to the downtown core saw its first approval granted at Monday's regular meeting o...
May 14, 2019
City Council to advocate to the province for a made in Alberta solution to mortgage stress test
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The federal government may have had good intentions when the mortgage stress test was first unveiled in late 2017, but since it's implementation the policy is being viewed as the numb...
May 13, 2019
Two Southern Alberta homeowners try selling properties with essay contest
EDMONTON - Albertans struggling to enter the real-estate market have at least two chances to win a home this year.A house south of Calgary and a historic bed and breakfast near the United States borde...
May 12, 2019 The Canadian Presss
On-farm canola stocks increase while wheat stocks drop
SASKATOON -- Statistics Canada reports canola stocks were 10 million tonnes at the end of March, an increase of 10.5 per cent compared with the previous year.China's decision to suspend Canadian canol...
May 08, 2019 LethbridgeNewsNOW
Staff at Lethbridge automotive shop beaten while on the job
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A Lethbridge business owner is upset, angry and fed up after two of his employees were beaten while on the job Wednesday morning at a local automotive shop.Mark Switzer has owned Swit...
May 03, 2019 Switzer Automotive, Stafford Drive North
Wide range of farmland prices across Alberta in 2018
LETHBRIDGE -- A new report from Farm Credit Canada (FCC) found the average value of Canadian farmland rose nearly seven per cent last year.But the agricultural lender says that growth rate is likely t...
May 03, 2019 LethbridgeNewsNOW.com
China suspends export permits from two Canadian pork plants - including Red Deer
TORONTO - The federal government says it has been notified that China has suspended the export permits of two Canadian pork exporters.A spokeswoman for Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau says a ...
May 02, 2019 Pigs feeding - courtesy of the Canadian Pork Council
Federal government boosts loans for canola farmers amid tensions with China
OTTAWA -- The federal government is rolling out changes to a payment program for canola farmers to help those affected by China's decision to ban the Canadian product.Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude...
May 01, 2019 Canola field - LethbridgeNewsNOW
Heart of Our City committee report shows positive signs for downtown amid a changing landscape
LETHBRIDGE, AB - With new supports from City Council, and a plan to modernize their master plan in the fall, the Heart of Our City Committee presented a positive outlook on the future for the downtown...
Apr 30, 2019 Downtown Lethbridge