Category: Business/Finance

  • Emerald Awards Celebrate Silver Anniversary

    Emerald Awards Celebrate Silver Anniversary

      Alberta Emerald Foundation opens nominations for prestigious environmental award EDMONTON, AB – “The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking,” said Albert Einstein. “It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.” For the past 25 years, the Alberta Emerald Foundation has embodied a similar concept as Einstein’s as their…

  • NDP Won’t Back Up Revenue Projections

    NDP Won’t Back Up Revenue Projections

        EDMONTON, AB: If Finance Minister Joe Ceci cannot show his work for his optimistic revenue projections, it will mean no balanced budgets and higher taxes by 2019-20, the Wildrose Official Opposition said. Ceci could not back up any of his budget projections for a 15 per cent revenue boom in years four and five…

  • Provincial Incentive Program to Help Businesses Create Jobs, Support Families

    A new job creation initiative will support workers, employers and families during the current economic downturn. The Job Creation Incentive Program will support employers in creating as many as 27,000 new jobs a year over the next two years. “Albertans have asked our government to support good local jobs as we grow and diversify our…

  • Service Alberta acts to protect consumers in energy contract disputes

    Service Alberta acts to protect consumers in energy contract disputes

      Direct Energy Marketing Ltd. faces four counts under consumer protection legislation. By launching an investigation following two separate complaints, Service Alberta is committed to taking every measure to ensure consumers are protected from unfair business practices. The charges stem from two separate incidents: failure to cancel a contract, and failure to provide a refund…

  • Alberta Government Reinstates and Expands Student Employment Program

    Alberta Government Reinstates and Expands Student Employment Program

    Students will soon be able to access more job opportunities as government brings back the Summer Temporary Employment Program (STEP). The program will support employers by providing wage subsidies for more than 3,000 student positions starting in summer 2016. STEP will help students gain valuable work experience while helping small businesses and other employers access…

  • CREB: Prices Decline for the Second Consecutive Month

    CREB: Prices Decline for the Second Consecutive Month

    Sales activity remains well below long-term averages Click here to view the full monthly stats package. Calgary, Nov 2015 – Elevated inventory levels in October contributed to a second consecutive month of price declines in Calgary’s resale residential housing market. Benchmark prices declined 0.7 per cent from the previous month, and 1.2 per cent from…

  • David Swann’s Statement on First NDP Budget

    David Swann’s Statement on First NDP Budget

    NDP’S FIRST BUDGET JUST NOT WHAT WAS NEEDED Alberta Liberal Leader Dr. David Swann says the budget tabled today by the NDP fails to address the needs of the Alberta economy. “Albertans were looking for a proactive budget that would meet the needs of Albertans and be a driver for stimulating and diversifying our economy,”…

  • Small Planet Airlines GmbH enters into Partnership with World’s Leading Travel Company Thomas Cook Leisure Carrier

    Small Planet Airlines GmbH enters into Partnership with World’s Leading Travel Company Thomas Cook Leisure Carrier

      Small Planet Airlines GmbH has signed an agreement with Thomas Cook, one of the world’s leading travel companies. In the summer of 2016 the aircraft of Small Planet Airlines GmbH will carry Thomas Cook passengers from its Paderborn base in Germany to Mediterranean resorts. “The cooperation with one of the best known brands in travel, Thomas…

  • AB Small Business Confidence makes Slight Recovery from Historic Low

    AB Small Business Confidence makes Slight Recovery from Historic Low

      October marks the end of yearlong declining optimism Calgary – The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) released the latest Business Barometer numbers showing Alberta’s small business confidence rose to 36.1, a two point bump from last month. This is the first time since October 2014 the Alberta numbers reversed the downward trend.  Small…

  • Just the Facts: NDP Oil Forecasts Don’t Add Up

    Just the Facts: NDP Oil Forecasts Don’t Add Up

      EDMONTON, AB – In Budget 2015, the NDP government presents two different sets of numbers for future oil prices. With every $3 swing worth a half-billion dollars, incorrect forecasting has serious implications on our future. Fact: The key assumptions, which are used to calculate revenues, appear to draw oil futures from two different places depending…

  • NDP Royalty Review set to make ‘Segments’ of Industry Uncompetitive: Wildrose

        EDMONTON, AB: The NDP government needs to explain to Albertans what panelist Peter Tertzakian meant when he said the royalty review will only leave “segments of the industry competitive,” Wildrose Shadow Energy Minister Leela Aheer said today. The comments were made over the weekend at a business conference in Lake Louise. Tertzakian followed…

  • Strategies for the Tax Loss Season

      By Kim Inglis   It’s been a rocky year for investors but that doesn’t mean things need to get worse as we near tax loss selling season.  Some prudent planning done now can reap dividends later. Generally speaking, most retail investors conduct tax loss selling during the latter part of November and the first…

  • Municipalities Deeply Concerned about Provincial Cuts to Affordable Housing

    Municipalities Deeply Concerned about Provincial Cuts to Affordable Housing

      Edmonton –  Municipalities across Alberta are deeply concerned that the provincial government is reneging on its obligation to pay a grant in lieu of tax on government owned and supported social housing. Affordable housing is an issue that Alberta municipalities have long championed, as it is essential to building vibrant, sustainable, inclusive communities. “This…

  • SAIT: Celebrating Exceptional Alumni

    SAIT’s 2015 Distinguished Alumni and Outstanding Young Alumni Awards recipients possess a striking mix of ingenuity, inspiration and dedication to their chosen fields. And perhaps above all else, they exemplify a profound commitment to serving the community. “In almost every case, our nominees demonstrated a depth of commitment to making the world a better place,”…

  • Economic Developers Alberta’s (EDA) 2015 Ministry Dinner An Overwhelming Success

    Economic Developers Alberta’s (EDA) 2015 Ministry Dinner An Overwhelming Success

    The Honourable Deron Bilous, Alberta’s new Economic Development and Trade Minister addresses over 100 economic development professionals gathered to share ideas Edmonton, Alberta – Economic Developers Alberta (EDA) the province’s leading professional organization for economic developers, held its first Ministry Dinner with over 100 community economic development professionals and key government officials in attendance. The purpose…