Tag Archives: Business & Economy
$900,000 sale of former Quality Inn officially complete
Eight months after the City of Prince Albert took possession of the shuttered Quality Inn, the nearly $900,000 weight left by the building's previous owner has been lifted off P.A. taxpayers' shoulder...
Mar 10, 2021
District of Lakeland receives cannabis retail store application
For the first time since passing a bylaw last summer to make room for a cannabis retail store, the District of Lakeland council has received its first application.Wiid Boutique wants to set up a new s...
Mar 10, 2021
First Nations say Alberta review of coal project inadequate, seek federal involvement
EDMONTON - Two of southern Alberta's largest First Nations have asked the federal government to step into an environmental review of a coal mine proposed for the Rocky Mountains. In a letter to federa...
Mar 09, 2021
Alberta's Toews says final bill on defunct Keystone XL not 'materially' above $1.3B
EDMONTON - Alberta's finance minister says taxpayers won't be on the hook for much more beyond $1.3 billion already committed to the defunct Keystone XL pipeline. Travis Toews did not provide specific...
Mar 09, 2021
Treatment plant committee prepares to test the waters
By the end of this month, the committee overseeing a proposed new water treatment plant west of Prince Albert, anticipates reaching out to upwards of 600 home owners affected by the development.The pr...
Mar 05, 2021
P.A. house sale volumes and prices spike
The housing market in Prince Albert last month followed a provincial trend upwards. It showed a 178 per cent rise in sales volume, and numbers also well above the five and 10-year averages. The jump i...
Mar 05, 2021
Co-ops dominate Top 100 business list
Co-op stores have claimed 26 spots in SaskBusiness Magazine's 2020 ranking of the Top 100 companies in Saskatchewan by revenue. Nine Co-ops across north central Saskatchewan are on the list including ...
Mar 04, 2021
Anderson Pump House sold, employees retained
After almost 40 years of operating Anderson Pump House, Howard and Sharon Kirby have decided to sell. The water systems supply and service business, which has branches in North Battleford and Prince A...
Mar 03, 2021
Shellbrook explores pellet processing plant
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. – A processing plant that would offer an alternative to coal may one day have a home in west-central Saskatchewan. Shellbrook Town Council has expressed interest in the idea...
Mar 03, 2021
Shellbrook explores pellet processing plant
A processing plant that would offer an alternative to coal may one day have a home in west-central Saskatchewan.Shellbrook Town Council has expressed interest in the idea of a pellet processing plant....
Mar 03, 2021
