MEDICINE HAT, AB - The thirst to travel is being felt again as Alberta re-opens for the summer, and local hotels and motels are already noticing an increase in phone calls and web traffic.With most restrictions being lifted as of July first, local operators are expecting to be busier than last summer.Elisha Ammann, exe...

MEDICINE HAT, AB - While the end of the pandemic finally seems within sight, major global impacts are starting to surface and are starting to reach the local level.The world is currently experiencing a shortage of semiconductor chips.Although tiny, the chips serve a big purpose. One of those being in the electronic par...

MEDICINE HAT - As more public health and travel restrictions are lifted, WestJet is ready to resume service to Medicine Hat. WestJet suspended flights in and out of Medicine Hat on March 21, at the start of the third wave of the pandemic.It was part of a larger service reduction by WestJet, that also impacted Lloydmini...

The Alberta government is allowing accommodation providers to keep the tourism levy amounts they collect for an additional three months.To ensure money stays in the pockets of Alberta's job creators, the province says hotels and other lodging providers will be able to keep tourism levy amounts collected between April 1...

Application intake for the spring 2021 payment from Alberta's small business grant has been extended to June 30.In April, Alberta's government reopened the Small and Medium Enterprise Relaunch Grant program for a new payment to businesses affected by the April 2021 public health orders. Extending the application intake...

ATB Financial says the province just saw its best March on record when it comes to oil production. After pulling back in January and February, ATB Financial says the volume of daily oil production in Alberta increased by 1.5 per cent in March, averaging 3.62 million barrels per day.Year-over-year production was up 1.2 ...

COUNTY OF 40 MILE, AB - A large solar farm on Highway 3 west of Medicine Hat is soaking up the sun and helping power pipeline operations.Enbridge's Alberta Solar One facility is just outside Burdett, about halfway between Medicine Hat and Lethbridge. The 10.5-megawatt facility has 36,000 solar panels and supplies energ...

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he's been assured that Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.'s deal to buy U.S. rival Kansas City Southern will not result in job losses in Calgary.Kenney tweeted that he's been briefed by the companies, and says Calgary will remain the global headquarters for the merged firm while ...

TORONTO - Rogers Communications Inc. has signed a deal to buy Shaw Communications Inc. in a deal valued at $26 billion, including debt. Under the plan, Rogers will pay $40.50 in cash for all of Shaw's issued and outstanding class A and class B shares. Shaw's class B shares closed at $23.90 on the Toronto Stock Exchange...

Medicine Hat, AB--New businesses that opened in the province between March and October of 2020 can now apply for COVID relief funding. The grant is also available to unregistered sole proprietors.Doug Schweitzer, the Minister of Jobs, Economy, and Innovation says approximately 10,000 new businesses opened across the pr...