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Dear Working Wise: I understand the minimum wage in Alberta is going up. I stopped paying minimum wage a few years ago, because it wasn’t enough to attract and retain any staff.

Josh Carrico was ahead of the curve by about two years.

When Dawn McIntyre’s father-in-law’s dream catcher went missing, she offered to craft a replacement.

DETROIT — General Motors Corp. would still prefer to avoid bankruptcy protection while restructuring, but “if it’s required, that’s what we’ll do,” new Chief Executive Fritz Henderson said in an interview broadcast Sunday.

Recently, Alberta Energy Minister Mel Knight announced the government would reduce royalty rates and introduce royalty credits for oil companies embarking on new drilling projects over the next year.

Dow Chemical Co. said Wednesday it has closed on its $16.5-billion buyout of Rohm & Haas Co., a deal it hopes will fuel growth in the high-margin specialty chemicals market.

The market for initial public offerings was dormant on the Toronto Stock Exchange in the first quarter of 2009, with zero new listings for the third quarter in a row.,It’s not unusual for IPO activity to be minimal in the January-March quarter,

Residents are moving into Red Deer’s newest senior’s complex.

LONDON — G20 leaders pledged an additional US$1 trillion Thursday to restore credit, growth and jobs around the world, an agreement Prime Minister Stephen Harper hailed as an “unprecedented” consensus plan that will buoy confidence in the global economy.

Awareness of Alberta’s carbon trading system is increasing, says an official with one of the companies facilitating such deals.