Tag Archives: Business & Economy
January job creation numbers doubled expectation; unemployment rate down to 5.5
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the economy added 34,500 jobs in January as the unemployment rate ticked down a tenth of a percentage point to 5.5 per cent. Economists on average had expected an incre...
Feb 07, 2020
Aurora Cannabis CEO steps down, 500 positions eliminated
Medicine Hat, AB--Aurora Cannabis announced today that CEO TerryBooth is stepping down and 500 full time positions are being eliminated. In a release, the Edmonton based company says 25 percent of the...
Feb 06, 2020 Courtesy Colton McKee
Risk management key as Alberta ag producers start 2020 behind the eight ball
After a difficult 2019, agriculture professionals in the province are asking producers to take risk management seriously with the 2020 growing season upcoming.Some of the sector's top minds, including...
Feb 03, 2020 (farmnewsNOW file photo)
Canadian oil producers prepared for temporary price slump as virus spreads
OTTAWA - Canada's energy industry is not overly alarmed as the new coronavirus coming out of China is taking a bite out of world oil prices. Brad Herald, a vice-president at the Canadian Association o...
Jan 29, 2020
Alberta Canola farmers eligible for 2019 tax credit
EDMONTON -- The Alberta Canola Producers Commission has announced that provincial growers who don't request a refund of their check off will qualify for a tax credit for the 2019 tax year. The Scienti...
Jan 28, 2020 Canola field - LNN
Controversial greenhouse proposal in Cypress County withdrawn
Medicine Hat, AB - A public hearing on a controversial greenhouse proposal scheduled for next month has been cancelled after the proponent withdrew their application, CHAT News has learned.The proposa...
Jan 25, 2020
Top local CHAT News stories of the week
Medicine Hat, AB - Guns, crime and closure of a local chain restaurant were some of the most popular stories of the past week.The following are the top five stories people viewed at CHAT News Today be...
Jan 25, 2020 Medicine Hat native Chase Leland's charges being dropped was the CHAT News top story for the week of Jan. 18 to Jan. 24.
Alberta landowners urge farmers to cut power to wells with unpaid debts
A group of Alberta landowners is asking farmers and ranchers to fight back against unpaid debts and unreclaimed oil and gas wells by closing valves and cutting power to energy company sites. "The land...
Jan 24, 2020
Provincial tax relief program to cost Cypress County millions
Medicine Hat, AB - The move by the province to cut tax assessments on shallow gas wells will likely cost Cypress County $3 million dollars in 2020.The province announced last month a move which extend...
Jan 23, 2020
State and Main restaurant to close in Northpoint Crossing
MEDICINE HAT - State and Main will be closing it's Medicine Hat location at the end of the month.Manager Nicole Beck posted on social media that the restaurant in Northpointe Crossing in Crescent Heig...
Jan 21, 2020