Red Deer’s unemployment rate experienced a minor increase over the past month, but remained the lowest in Alberta. 

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Residential development is taking off in Capstone. 

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September house sales were better than the same month last year, but it has been a slower year overall. 

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Year-to-date permit values remain higher in 2025, with current values at $1.04 billion, compared with $93 million at this time last year. 

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An artificial intelligence data centre has been approved for Red Deer County. 

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A Calgary-based resource development company that’s testing a particular method for extracting lithium says its central Alberta pilot project has reached a significant milestone. 

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Restoration work is on budget and on time for the city’s historic CPR Pedestrian Bridge reopen next summer. 

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The Innisfail & District Chamber of Commerce has launched a board recruitment campaign as they look to fill three vacant board positions by the end of October. 

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Red Deer housing starts are slightly higher this year, but the residential construction industry says the city continues to lag behind similar-sized cities in Alberta like Lethbridge and Grande Prairie.  

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A company on the leading edge of Alberta’s nascent lithium industry has received approval to take its central Alberta project to the next phase. 

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