Tag Archives: Business & Economy
“We are in a very difficult spot,” Senator says about oil & gas
RED DEER -- Senator Doug Black says something has to give in the ongoing dispute over pipelines and Alberta's energy industry. Black, a Calgary native, spoke at the Rotary Club of Red Deer luncheon on...
Apr 29, 2019 Josh Hall - RDNewsNOW
Carbon rebate will be more than carbon tax for most people
OTTAWA - Canada's budget watchdog agrees with the federal government's claim that Canadians are going to get more from the climate change tax rebate than they are paying in carbon tax.The federal gove...
Apr 27, 2019 The Canadian Press
Farmers weighing canola conundrum with spring seeding underway
CYPRESS COUNTY, AB - It's a spring tradition Bradley Betcker and his family have become accustomed to over the years, seeding tens of thousands of acres at the T Bar Cattle Company southwest of Medici...
Apr 25, 2019 Photo courtesy of Bob Schneider
Canfor announces temporary shutdown of BC Lumber Mills
CRANBROOK, B.C. -- First it was oil, then canola and now, lumber.Canfor Corporation has announced that they will be temporarily curtailing operations at all British Columbia dimension mills effective ...
Apr 25, 2019 Canfor operations in British Columbia and Alberta. Mills are shown by the graphic of two trees
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