Tag Archives: Business & Economy
Prince Albert Chamber releasing survey to gauge financial status of local businesses that did not receive aid
A local business advocate group is trying to get a sense of how business owners are positioned heading into the third month of Saskatchewan's lockdown due to COVID-19.The P.A. and District Chamber of ...
May 12, 2020
Complaints about 'arbitrary' nature of lockdown boundary
There's increasing frustration for some people who are unable to get to communities for leisure purposes within the large Northern Saskatchewan Administration District (NSAD), which is currently under...
May 12, 2020
P.C. Party questions government zoning off of the north
The Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan is calling for the provincial government to review its policy of blocking off the north.The party's leader Ken Gray said in a media release that his ...
May 10, 2020
P.A. to receive estimated $5.1 million of provincial infrastructure funding
Prince Albert is among municipalities getting a boost from the provincial government. City Manager Jim Toye told paNOW the city is set to receive around $5.1 million through the newly reinstated Munic...
May 08, 2020
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)
