Tag Archives: Business & Economy
Pension talk dominates Fair Deal Panel discussion
Medicine Hat, AB - Despite bitterly cold temperatures, nearly 300 people turned out for one of the final Fair Deal Panel engagement sessions Friday night at the Cypress Centre.Possible changes to Albe...
Jan 17, 2020 Amisk Mayor Bill Rock expresses concern about the future of his community just east of Hardisty due to the inability of being able to transport Alberta. (Photo CHAT News)
Goal to double provincial tourism revenue
Medicine Hat, AB - A goal to double provincial tourism revenue in the next decade was floated this week during sessions held in Calgary and Edmonton with Tourism Minister Tanya Fir.With final figures ...
Jan 17, 2020
Alberta government promising to fix rules on aging energy wells
EDMONTON - A group tasked with cleaning up thousands of abandoned energy sites in Alberta says the province's rules for ensuring polluters reclaim their wells before selling them off are ina...
Jan 17, 2020
Supreme Court to hear B.C. case attempting to halt Trans Mountain expansion
OTTAWA - Canada's high court will hear arguments Thursday on whether British Columbia can stop Alberta from shipping heavy oil through the Trans Mountain pipeline without a permit. B.C.'s NDP governme...
Jan 15, 2020
Group cleaning up old oil wells says Alberta government rules inadequate
EDMONTON - A group tasked with cleaning up thousands of abandoned energy facilities in Alberta says the province's rules for ensuring polluters reclaim their wells before selling them off are&nbs...
Jan 15, 2020
Several ag meetings taking place, stressing importance of sector
Medicine Hat, AB - The crops and pasture of southeastern Alberta might be covered in a blanket of snow and a bone-chilling cold is keeping farmers and ranchers indoors but a number of ag sector meetin...
Jan 13, 2020
New concept in renewable fuel could be coming to the Hat
Medicine Hat, AB - A new concept in the recyclability of waste is moving past the concept phase and into reality with Medicine Hat a possibly venue for the new venture.Grande Prairie-based Renewable U...
Jan 13, 2020
Alberta board grants rate hikes to car insurers
EDMONTON - New numbers confirm that many Alberta drivers are getting hit with hikes, and even some sharp spikes, in their auto insurance.The Automobile Insurance Rate Board says that 27 insurers opera...
Jan 11, 2020 Vehicle insurance to rise -- The Canadian Press
Alberta shedding jobs but local outlook not so bad
Medicine Hat, AB - Full-time job numbers are starting 2020 much the same way they did in 2019, only worse. But southern Alberta appears to be beating the trend in the province with improvement in most...
Jan 10, 2020 NDP's Deron Bilous speaks about the latest Statistics Canada jobs report in Edmonton on Friday. (Photo NDP Caucus Facebook)
City unemployment rate at 4.1 per cent in December according to Statistics Canada
MEDICINE HAT - Stats Canada says the unemployment rate for Medicine Hat dropped 2.3 per cent between December of 2018 and 2019. It also says 42 thousand people were working in Medicine Hat in December...
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