Business

Peace Country farmers combining and seeding

The warmer, windy weather means Peace Country farmers have been able to get back to combining the crop that stayed in the field all winter.County of Grande Prairie Ag. Fieldman Sonja Raven says areas ...

May 04, 2020 Photo from the Alberta Canola Facebook page.

Canola exports to China will continue, key licenses still blocked

Canola trade will continue with China, but a pair of key export licenses remain blocked.There had been reports Tuesday that an agreement to resume full trade had been reached.Valhalla farmer and Alber...

Apr 01, 2020 Photo by Curtis Galbraith

Pandemic impacting forestry companies

Forestry companies have had to make adjustments during the COVID-19 pandemic.Norbord says in a release that as of Monday, it will be reducing production at all of its Oriented Strand Board plants acro...

Mar 27, 2020 Photo credit: Dreamstime

Concerns remain over pandemic help package says Warkentin

Our Member of Parliament says concerns remain over a $102-billion pandemic help package the federal government announced earlier this week.Grande Prairie-Mackenzie MP Chris Warkentin says those includ...

Mar 27, 2020 Photo credit: Louis Henault/Dreamstime

Cenovus announces 32 per cent cut to spending plan amid price drop

CALGARY - Cenovus Energy Inc. says it is cutting its capital spending plan for this year by 32 per cent due to the recent plunge in world oil prices.The company says it now plans between $900 million ...

Mar 10, 2020 Cenovus CEO Alex Pourbaix (Canadian Press File Photo)

Seven Generations President and CEO calls Energir deal "A very important step."

The head of Seven Generations Energy says the company was open to the scrutiny that led to a new deal to supply natural gas to Quebec's main distributor.The deal with Energir came about after Seven Ge...

Feb 12, 2020 Photo supplied by Seven Generations Energy

Seven Generations signs deal with Quebec natural gas distributor

CALGARY - Seven Generations Energy Ltd. is the first to land a supply contract with Quebec's major natural gas distributor based on obtaining certification for its responsible production of the heatin...

Feb 11, 2020 Photo: Seven Generations Energy Ltd.

Unemployment up in GP and Alberta, down across Canada

Employment statistics continue to paint a brighter picture across Canada, but not so much in Alberta.Statistics Canada released its labour force report for the month of January, saying the national ec...

Feb 07, 2020

AFPA cautiously optimistic softwood tariffs are coming down

The Alberta Forest Products Association is cautiously optimistic about the possibility of lower American tariffs on softwood lumber.Reports that came out Monday said reductions are coming in August. D...

Feb 06, 2020 Photo from Dreamstiime.com

County of Grande Prairie earns high satisfaction rates from local businesses

The County of Grande Prairie held a Business Retention and Expansion survey last November and December, and found that 98.2 per cent of local businesses are satisfied with the County as a place to do ...

Jan 22, 2020