Tag Archives: Business & Economy
La Senza to close it's doors in Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat, AB--La Senza, a lingerie chain is closing up shop at the Medicine Hat Mall.According to a post on facebook, the Medicine Hat location is one of 17 stores across Canada being shut down.Me...
Jan 09, 2020 La Senza Store File
Plant that would produce fuel out of garbage may come to Southern Alberta
A pair of companies are hoping to build a plant that produces fuel from feedstock derived from garbage.Grande Prairie based Renewable U Energy and Red Deer-based Cielo Waste Solutions would produce a ...
Jan 09, 2020 Photo: Cielo Waste Solutions.
Alberta petrochemical project cost estimate rises to about $4.9 billion
The cost of a petrochemical project near Edmonton designed to turn propane into plastic pellets to be shipped to manufacturers around the world has risen to about $4.9 billion, up about $400 million f...
Jan 08, 2020
B.C. LNG pipeline project to resume work despite opposition, says company
VICTORIA - The company building a 670-kilometre natural gas pipeline as part of the massive LNG Canada project in northern British Columbia says it plans to resume construction this week despite ...
Jan 06, 2020
Helium company still interested in Alberta production, processing of element
Calgary, AB - A veteran of Canada's ailing oilpatch is hoping a new product drawn from deep under Prairie grain fields will provide a natural resource boom for Western Canada. Marlon McDougall, 59, sa...
Jan 06, 2020 Virginia-based Weil Group logo
More electric vehicle charging stations coming to Saskatchewan
Prince Albert, SK - Some drivers of electric vehicles are going to have more charging options along the Yellowhead Highway.Electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla is planning to install super charging sta...
Jan 04, 2020 More Tesla super charging stations like this one in Swift Current are coming to Saskatchewan. (Twitter/Zee @ Road Trip Tesla)
No winner for Canada's largest lotto jackpot
TORONTO - The richest prize in Canadian lottery history remains up for grabs.No winning ticket was sold for the $70 million dollar jackpot in Friday night's Lotto Max draw.The draw also offered 26 Max...
Jan 04, 2020
Top CEOs made as much as average worker earns in a year by mid-morning Thursday
OTTAWA - Canada's 100 highest-paid chief executives were paid record amounts in 2018 in comparison to the employees beneath them, according to a new report released Thursday. The Canadian Centre for P...
Jan 02, 2020
Pilot shortage can't be addressed by existing programs, documents suggest
OTTAWA - Federal officials combing through skills training programs have concluded major changes are needed if those are to be used to address a shortage of airline pilots.Instead, officials are sugge...
Jan 01, 2020 (The Canadian Press)
Prices for healthy food a growing concern for Canadians
OTTAWA -- A new survey says most Canadians believe food prices are becoming less affordable with the cost of vegetables identified as one of the main worries.The Angus Reid poll done for the agri-food...
Dec 31, 2019 Produce section of grocery store -- LethbridgeNewsNOW