Tag Archives: Business & Economy
Non-profits to benefit from radio station grants
The Jim Pattison Broadcast Group (JPBG) in Prince Albert is putting the power of radio behind deserving, non-profit groups in the community struggling to get their messages out during the COVID-19 pan...
May 08, 2020 JPBG program director Danny Kid on CKBI radio. (File photo/paNOW)
Area towns pleased with infrastructure announcement
The mayors of Shellbrook and Birch Hills are welcoming news that there's major infrastructure funding on the way for municipalities. On Wednesday Premier Scott Moe announced a "$2 billion economic boo...
May 07, 2020 (Town of Shellbrook/Facebook)
P.A. MLAs respond to provincial infrastructure announcement
Local representatives are making their voices heard on the provincial stimulus plan. Prince Albert Carlton MLA Joe Hargrave believes the provincial government's program, announced Wednesday in Regina ...
May 07, 2020 Scott Moe announced the provincial government's plan to add more spending for infrastructure Wednesday in Regina. (File Photo/CKOM)
Downtown building receiving makeover
A downtown apartment building, across from Gateway Mall, is receiving a second lease on life.The James Nisbet building at 80 13th St. W, has been boarded up for months. On Wednesday, paNOW was able to...
May 06, 2020 Workers have been busy for months at the James Nisbet apartments. (NIgel Maxwell/paNOW Staff)
Northern fishers seek aid as COVID-19 shuts down market
The fishing industry across northern Saskatchewan is facing an uncertain year because of COVID-19. With restaurants closed there are no orders of their product coming in, hundreds of livelihoods are i...
May 06, 2020
Major stimulus plan for Sask. COVID-19 recovery
Premier Scott Moe has unveiled a major spending program as part of plans to rebound from the huge economic hit of the COVID-19 pandemic. It will see the spending of an additional $2 billion over and a...
May 06, 2020 Premier Scott Moe (file photo/CKOM)
Prince Albert business reimagines the door handle
Necessity is the mother of invention, and a local locksmith shop has created a device that allows people to open doors in a new way.Manager at Prince Albert based Accra Lock Burgess Vatamaniuck, expla...
May 06, 2020 A Prince Albert locksmith shop is offering a new product to its customers to help reduce contact with others. (Accra Lock/ Facebook)
Local dealership donates face shields to paramedics
Lakeland Ford in Prince Albert has donated 200 face shields to Parkland Ambulance paramedics as part of a national initiative by Ford Canada.Dealers around the country identified organizations they th...
May 05, 2020 Lyle Karasiuk with Parkland Ambulance Care and Scott Newsom, dealer principal at Lakeland Ford, Prince Albert. (submitted/Parkland Ambulance)
Local butchers see increased demand for their services
It seems people are becoming better acquainted with their local butchers.According to meat shops contacted by paNOW the main reasons include; people stocking up, news of supply chain disruptions and m...
May 05, 2020 (paNOW Staff/ Ron Quaroni)
Council contends with COVID-19 cash crunch
Prince Albert is grappling with the financial cost of the pandemic, moving ahead with a variety of short and long-term borrowing options, and calling on the federal and provincial governments to provi...
May 04, 2020 File photo of City Hall. (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW Staff)
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