Tag Archives: Business & Economy
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)
Alberta Appeal Court sides with Alberta on federal carbon tax
EDMONTON - The Alberta Court of Appeal has ruled that the federal carbon tax is not constitutional.In a 4-1 decision, the court says the legislation that brought in the tax erodes provincial jurisdict...
Feb 25, 2020 The Canadian Press
Teck withdraws application for Frontier mine, citing discourse over climate change
VANCOUVER - Teck Resources Ltd. has withdrawn its application for a massive oilsands mining project just days ahead of an expected government decision, citing the political discourse over climate chan...
Feb 24, 2020 The Canadian Press
FSIN not surprised by Scheer’s ‘check their privilege’ comment
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) calls a recent comment by Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer disturbing and offensive but not surprising.On Friday, Scheer spoke to media at the pa...
Feb 19, 2020 Bobby Cameron, chief of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations. (CKOM)
Poor deadly fashion statement
A new clothing line designed in Prince Albert can easily be described as hardly cute. Jyl Toews, owner of Kate Jacobs Baby Boutique,came up with the idea to create kids' clothes bearing slogans such a...
Feb 19, 2020 (Nigel Maxwell/paNOW Staff)
