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Red Deer and area bereavement support group Healing Hearts holding monthly meetings

Red Deer and area bereavement support group Healing Hearts holding monthly meetings

Support for those grieving someone who has died from substance-related harms
Red Deer’s unemployment rate drops slightly in December

Red Deer’s unemployment rate drops slightly in December

Red Deer’s unemployment rate was 6.5 in December, dropping less than half a per cent from November.
Alberta’s export sector experiencing ‘strong recovery,’ says ATB Financial

Alberta’s export sector experiencing ‘strong recovery,’ says ATB Financial

Alberta’s international merchandise exports were 45.1 per cent, or $34.2 billion, higher over the first 10 months of 2021 than over the same period last year, according to ATB Financial.
Red Deer’s unemployment rate falls to 6.6 per cent

Red Deer’s unemployment rate falls to 6.6 per cent

Red Deer’s unadjusted unemployment rate was 6.6 per cent in November, which is a 1.2 percentage-point lower from October.
Red Deer-based oilfield companies merge

Red Deer-based oilfield companies merge

Lee Specialties and Nexus Energy Technologies combine to form NXL Technologies
Alberta labour force, employment decreased in October

Alberta labour force, employment decreased in October

Alberta’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 7.6 per cent in October, which is a decrease of 0.5 percentage points from the previous month.
Central Albertans shouldn’t expect record-high gas prices to ease anytime soon

Central Albertans shouldn’t expect record-high gas prices to ease anytime soon

Central Albertans certainly won’t be thankful for record-high gas prices heading back to work after the Thanksgiving long weekend.
Red Deer’s unemployment rate down for third straight month

Red Deer’s unemployment rate down for third straight month

Red Deer’s unemployment rate dropped in September for the third straight month.
Annual home sales reach a new high for Red Deer

Annual home sales reach a new high for Red Deer

Four-month average home price at $336,321
Red Deer Advocate publisher takes executive position in British Columbia

Red Deer Advocate publisher takes executive position in British Columbia

Appointed vice-president of Black Press Media’s BC North division