Tag Archives: Business & Economy
Mayors discuss construction PST, prompt payment and 2024 election
Prompt payment to contractors, ongoing objections to Provincial Sales Tax (PST) on construction projects, and the 2024 provincial election were among the topics up for discussion by the 16-city Mayors...
Oct 18, 2019 (Nigel Maxwell/paNOW Staff)
Local cannabis retailers react to one-year anniversary of legalization
As Canada hits the one-year mark on legal bud, Prince Albert's store front cannabis retailers reflected on their first year in business.Prairie Cannabis was the first retailer in the city to open its ...
Oct 17, 2019 (File Photo/ The Canadian Press)
Majority of Sask. cannabis shops open 1 year after legalization
When marijuana was legalized in October 2018, only seven of the 51 licensed stores across Saskatchewan were open and ready for business.One year later, there are 39 cannabis retail stores in operation...
Oct 17, 2019 (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Manitoba declares state of emergency after 30,000 homes and businesses left without power
More than 30,000 Manitoba homes and businesses remained without power Sunday in the wake of a snowstorm that the province's Crown energy utility said had left an unprecedented amount of damage to tran...
Oct 14, 2019 (The Canadian Press)
Solar company makes pitch for new net metering program
A local solar energy company says SaskPower is in the dark on embracing and regulating the technology in Saskatchewan."If you look at the solar resource map for Canada, Saskatchewan is the sweet spot....
Oct 14, 2019 Mo’ Solar Company owner Bradyn Parisian. (Evan Radford/CKOM)
Thanksgiving dinner menus by the numbers
Turkey, potatoes, carrots, pumpkin in some form and whipped cream - all staples of the Canadian Thanksgiving dinner table. But just how much canned cranberry sauce and flour is needed in this nation f...
Oct 14, 2019 ID 157705398 © Photovs | Dreamstime.com
Another month of national employment surge, mixed bag regionally: StatsCan
After a surge in employment in August, the nation's economy once again added scores of new jobs in September.Statistics Canada's monthly labour force survey showed employment rose by 53,700, driven by...
Oct 11, 2019 (file photo/JPBG)
Water Security Agency, Unifor local reach deal
A tentative agreement has been reached between Unifor and one of the Saskatchewan Crowns that was hit by a strike on Friday.On Thursday afternoon, the provincial government announced a deal had been r...
Oct 10, 2019 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
P.A. to Saskatoon bus service not dead as company pulls out
The machinations of the free market and one company's rejection of the city's business licensing regulations may yet spell good news for Prince Albert passengers in need of a reliable bus service to S...
Oct 10, 2019 Aurora Charter Service currently offers a three-times-a-week one-way trip from P.A. to Saskatoon, and a one-way trip in the other direction twice a week. (submitted photo/Victor Hoosein)
What'sHappeningNOW Oct. 10, 2019
Senior Reporter Nigel Maxwell speaks with News Director Glenn Hicks about the fallout from a private bus company's decision to end its P.A. to Saskatoon service.
Oct 10, 2019
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