Tag Archives: Business & Economy
CRTC approves application for Nipawin radio station
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has awarded CJNE FM Radio Inc. a new low-power commercial FM country music radio station.The application was approved by the CRTC...
Jan 31, 2020 (Cam Lee/northeastNOW Staff)
Small retailer backlash to P.A. plastic bag ban
There's been a backlash from some retail sectors in Prince Albert to city council's move to ban plastic check out bags from the beginning of August. Business representatives are saying some store owne...
Jan 30, 2020 Soon to be history. The common grocery store check out bag will be banned in Prince Albert starting Aug.1. (File photo/paNOW Staff)
Ashley Charles named CEO of regional economic development alliance
The Prince Albert region's new economic development organization has named a CEO. Ashley Charles comes to the position with years of experience in management, business and human resources, primarily w...
Jan 29, 2020 Ashley Charles. (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW Staff)
MLA's respond to Prince Albert's housing slump
A new report from the Saskatoon and Region Home Builders' Association (SRHBA) confirms 2019 was a much slower year for the construction industry.From 2018 to 2019, single family home permits in Prince...
Jan 29, 2020 While demand increases for multi-family home permits in Prince Albert, single family home construction continues to slump. (Nigel Maxwell/paNOW Staff)
Canadian oil producers prepared for temporary price slump as virus spreads
OTTAWA - Canada's energy industry is not overly alarmed as the new coronavirus coming out of China is taking a bite out of world oil prices. Brad Herald, a vice-president at the Canadian Association o...
Jan 29, 2020
MLCN ratifies new business charter
A new agreement ratified last week by Montreal Lake Cree Nation (MLCN) chief and council will help create wealth and sovereignty for the community, according to the Chief Executive Officer of Montreal...
Jan 28, 2020 From left to right sitting: Montreal Lake Cree Nation (MLCN) Councillor Troy Naytowhow, MLCN Vice Chief Dean Henderson, MLCN Chief Frank Roberts, MLCN Councillor Stanley Bird, MLCN Councillor Eldon Henderson. Standing from left to right Montreal Lake Business Ventures (MLBV) Borden Wasyluk, MLCN Councillor Debbie Kasheep, MLBV Chairman Noland Henderson and MLBV Director Roger Bird. (submitted photo/ Robert Fincati)
Pineland Co-op delegates support amalgamation with Lake Country Co-op
The proposed merger between Pineland Co-op and Lake Country Co-op is one step closer.Pineland delegates voted unanimously Jan. 27 to approve the amalgamation.Pineland, based in Nipawin and Lake Countr...
Jan 28, 2020 (File photo/northeastNOW Staff)
Unifor, FCL representatives to meet in Saskatoon
The sides in the labour dispute at the Co-op refinery were to meet face to face Monday.During a rally outside the refinery, Scott Doherty - the executive assistant to Unifor national president Jerry D...
Jan 27, 2020 Scott Doherty, executive assistant to Unifor national president Jerry Dias, announces representatives of the union are to meet with Federated Co-operatives Limited CEO Scott Banda on Jan. 27, 2020. (Adriana Christianson/980 CJME)
New contract for P.A. mill workers but restart date still unknown
Calling it "a piece to the puzzle," the UNIFOR local membership in Prince Albert approved a new contract with the owners of the shuttered Paper Excellence mill. The contract will apply to those recall...
Jan 27, 2020 The Prince Albert mill has been closed since 2006 and was bought by Paper Excellence in 2011. (Glenn Hicks/paNOW Staff)
P.A. rentals static but downtown demand is on rise
Overall, Prince Albert does not yet appear to be seeing private apartment vacancy rates decline and monthly rentals increase as they are in Saskatoon and the Battlefords. However, as the P.A. rental m...
Jan 27, 2020 Private apartment vacancy rates and monthly rental costs in Prince Albert are static but publicly-subsidized rentals are increasingly scarce. (zoeken.ca)
