Tag Archives: Business & Economy
One year later most oil-and-gas bailout money has moved, federal government says
OTTAWA - Canada's $1.6-billion bailout package for Alberta's battered oil industry is well underway but with little transparency about who is getting the money and for what. Almost $1 billion of ...
Nov 15, 2019
Tournament organizers looking for volunteers
The puck is not set to drop for Esso Cup until April, but the organizing committee for the tournament wants people to know they need volunteers.2020 Esso Cup Chair Robin Wildey said in order to pull o...
Nov 14, 2019 Esso Cup Chair Robin Wildey speaking Thursday morning in the Johnny Bower lobby at the Art Hauser Centre (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)
North American trade pact could be passed before year's end, Pelosi says
WASHINGTON - The most powerful Democrat in the United States Congress says she believes members of Congress could vote on the new North American free-trade agreement before the end of the ye...
Nov 14, 2019
Latest SHA announcement grants Warman, Estevan AAA teams, removes Beardy's and Notre Dame Argos
The Saskatchewan Midget AAA Hockey League (SMAAAHL) will look a bit different for the 2020/2021 hockey season.The Saskatchewan Hockey Association (SHA) announced on Tuesday, Nov. 12 the league will re...
Nov 13, 2019 Beardy's Blackhawks (black) and the Tisdale Trojans (white) battle during their series in the 2019 SMAAAHL Playoffs. (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff)
Region sees slight uptick in jobs
There's slightly better news on the job scene for the Prince Albert and North region - which includes The Battlefords and Melfort - as well as signs of continued improvement on the provincial front.Ac...
Nov 08, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)
Alberta alters rules on oil production limits to spur more conventional drilling
EDMONTON - Alberta's energy minister says the government is adjusting its rules on oil production limits to give producers incentive to drill more conventional wells. Sonya Savage says, star...
Nov 08, 2019
P.A. house prices rise but total sales remain slack
There is some continued slight upward movement in Prince Albert's depressed housing market although it's not clear if that will continue.The Saskatoon Region Association of Realtors (SRAR) is reportin...
Nov 07, 2019 For Sale signs in Prince Albert. (Nigel Maxwell/paNOW Staff)
Naloxone provided to P.A. bars and restaurants
A new initiative wants to give an overdose-reversing drug to as many Prince Albert bars and restaurants as possible.The Saskatchewan Health Authority and the local branch of AIDS Saskatoon are encoura...
Nov 01, 2019 Tartan Table owner Niall Kerr (center) holds a Naloxone kit. He is flanked by Fred Simpson (left) of AIDS Saskatoon and Access Place outreach nurse Brittany Nicolas (right). (submitted photo/Saskatchewan Health Authority)
NDP election call for second bridge in P.A.
The opposition New Democrats will be beating the drum even louder for a second bridge in Prince Albert as we head into an election next November.Since her narrow win in 2016, Prince Albert Northcote M...
Nov 01, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)
Alberta tables climate plan for industry; retains key parts of old legislation
EDMONTON - Alberta has introduced a new climate plan for the province's big greenhouse gas emitters that it says will achieve similar emissions cuts as the former NDP government's plan and at less cos...
Oct 29, 2019 (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck)
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