Business & Economy

Workforce Training - connecting you back to the world of work

A slump in the oil industry, compounded by shutdowns in various businesses and industries due to COVID-19, has left many Albertans unemployed or under employed. A program funded by the Alberta and Fed...

Jul 30, 2021

Canada, Alberta sign deal for $1.3B hydrogen plant in Edmonton

EDMONTON - The federal and Alberta governments are signing an agreement that could lead to a plant to produce hydrogen built near Edmonton. The governments say they're working with Air Products Canada...

Jun 09, 2021

Study finds abandoned oil and gas wells place unfair burden on landowners, taxpayers

CALGARY - A report from the University of Calgary says the costs of Alberta's growing stock of abandoned and inactive oil and gas wells are falling unfairly on landowners and taxpayers. Braeden Larson...

May 20, 2021

Working from home might be here to stay

MEDICINE HAT, AB - Accounting technician Trish Rooney has been working out of her home for most of the pandemic. She says it has been quite the adjustment."Within our office you can easily go to someo...

May 15, 2021

Alberta eases security payment burden for oilsands companies

EDMONTON - Alberta is changing how it calculates the payments oilsands mines make to ensure there's enough money to clean up the mess they leave behind. The province says the decision is in reaction t...

May 06, 2021

Liberals' sweeping budget bill includes $15 minimum wage and election-law changes

OTTAWA - The federal Liberals' bill to enact parts of their budget includes changes to emergency aid, taxes and a $15 national minimum wage alongside other items such as an election-law amendment. The...

May 03, 2021

AstraZeneca vaccine doses ready for use as Canada approves U.S. manufacturing sites

OTTAWA - More than 1.5 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine are on their way to provinces now that Health Canada has authorized the U.S. sites where they were made. It remains to be seen ho...

Apr 01, 2021

Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario urge Michigan to reconsider shutting down Line 5

WASHINGTON - Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario are forming a united front in the fight to reverse Michigan's shutdown of a key cross-border pipeline. Energy ministers from all three provinces are urgi...

Mar 30, 2021

Liberals to unveil federal budget on April 19, Freeland says

OTTAWA, ONT. -- Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the federal Liberals will table a budget on April 19.It will be the first federal budget in more than two years, after the government opted not ...

Mar 23, 2021

One year on, poll suggests Canadians still deeply wary about allowing U.S. visitors

WASHINGTON - A new poll suggests Canadians remain deeply wary about the prospect of allowing visitors from the United States. The online Lger poll was conducted last week for the Association for Canad...

Mar 23, 2021