Tag Archives: Business & Economy
Stock market drop a ‘blip’ compared to 2008: financial analyst
A Saskatoon financial analyst is shrugging off comparisons between this week's stock market drop and the 2008 financial crisis.Stock markets plummeted more than anytime since October 2008 through the ...
Feb 29, 2020 (CKOM News Staff)
P.A. contractors meet with local MLAs
Members of the Prince Albert Construction Association met with local MLA and Minister Joe Hargrave and fellow MLA Nadine Wilson in P.A. Friday to discuss their concerns and hopes about an upturn in th...
Feb 28, 2020 MLAs Nadine Wilson, third from left, sits next to fellow MLA Joe Hargrave at a meeting with P.A's construction members Friday. (Twitter/Mark Cooper Saskatchewan Construction Association)
P.A. chamber hosts talk on human rights
Business and community leaders learned about human rights legislation and the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission Thursday afternoon.Judge David Arnot, chief commissioner for the Saskatchewan Human R...
Feb 27, 2020 Judge David Arnot, chief commissioner for the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission, spoke at the P.A. and District Chamber of Commerce event Thursday. (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)
City sells downtown police building to orthodontist
Prince Albert city council has approved the sale of a downtown police building to a local orthodontic practice.The city received three offers on the office building which was listed for sale in Januar...
Feb 26, 2020 This Prince Albert Police Service Criminal Investigations Division building at 15-15th St. E. will become an orthodontic practice. (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW Staff)
Number of distracted driving tickets drops again
For the third straight month, the number of distracted driving offences recorded in Saskatchewan decreased.According to SGI, Saskatchewan police officers issued 509 tickets for distracted driving in J...
Feb 26, 2020 (CKOM News Staff)
Student produced meat now available for purchase
The public now has the chance to buy meat made by students at Saskatchewan Polytechnic in Prince Albert.The school campus is now home to a retail meat shop, which will offer a variety of products, ran...
Feb 26, 2020 Saskatchewan Polytechnic in Prince Albert now has a store to sell meat produced by students. (Submitted photo/Don Cyr)
University campus in P.A. prepares expanded dental offering
After months of renovations, a key part of the University of Saskatchewan's new downtown campus in Prince Albert will soon be fitted out with dental equipment and a bigger offering for education and p...
Feb 25, 2020 (submitted photo/University of Saskatchewan website)
Thousands of visitors expected for games in P.A.
Prince Albert city council has approved $75,000 worth of funding for a massive sporting event coming to P.A. this spring.The Tony Cote Winter Games will feature over 3,000 athletes aged 10 to 18 from ...
Feb 25, 2020 Athletes during the opening ceremony of the 2019 Tony Cote Summer Games held in Flying Dust First Nation. (File Photo/meadowlakeNOW Staff)
Taxpayers federation says chief's fraud conviction should encourage all elected leaders to be more transparent
Members of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) have been closely following a court case in Prince Albert surrounding the spending habits of a former Saskatchewan First Nations Chief.On Friday, Nap...
Feb 25, 2020 (File photo, paNOW Staff)
Sask. premier calls for carbon tax pause as Alberta court rules levy unconstitutional
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe brought renewed swagger as he addressed reporters Monday in Saskatoon following an Alberta Court of Appeal ruling declaring the federal carbon tax unconstitutional."Toda...
Feb 25, 2020 Premier Scott Moe (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
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