Tag Archives: Business & Economy
Sask. man wins over $775K playing VLT machine
There was a lot of cheering and celebrating this week at Kostas Lounge in La Ronge, following news one of the customers received a massive payout from one of the VLT machines.The big win happened late...
Jan 24, 2020 (Facebook/ Kostas Lounge)
Alberta landowners urge farmers to cut power to wells with unpaid debts
A group of Alberta landowners is asking farmers and ranchers to fight back against unpaid debts and unreclaimed oil and gas wells by closing valves and cutting power to energy company sites. "The...
Jan 24, 2020
Provincial optimism rises despite difficult financial situation
Saskatchewan residents are slightly more optimistic about their financial futures, despite their ongoing challenges, even as slightly more people struggle to make ends meet.The latest MNP Consumer Ind...
Jan 21, 2020 (File Photo/ paNOW Staff)
Unifor completely blocks off refinery in dispute escalation
Nearly a dozen Co-op-branded semis lined up on Fleet Street illustrated the Unifor point Monday morning, when the national president stood in front of a crowd of picketers to announce they were blocki...
Jan 20, 2020 (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
Shellbrook man says Tesla 'performing at 100 per cent' despite deep freeze
If you had doubts about the ability of electric cars to handle extreme cold weather, you could hardly have imagined a better time to test their performance than this past week in Northeastern Saskatch...
Jan 17, 2020 Curtis Bloom of Shellbrook stands beside his Tesla Model S. (submitted photo/Curtis Bloom)
P.A. businesses have a blast at BOB Awards
Prince Albert and area's business and community group over-achievers, their clients, family, friends, and general A-list groupies, showed up in force for the 2020 paNOW BOB Awards Thursday night. Desp...
Jan 17, 2020 The Lake Country Co-op businesses in P.A. were the biggest multiple winners, walking away with no fewer than ten BOB awards. (Glenn Hicks/paNOW Staff)
Alberta government promising to fix rules on aging energy wells
EDMONTON - A group tasked with cleaning up thousands of abandoned energy sites in Alberta says the province's rules for ensuring polluters reclaim their wells before selling them off are ina...
Jan 17, 2020
Provincial business group to survey Indigenous engagement
The Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce is looking to find out more about how businesses in the province are doing in terms of engaging with Indigenous businesses and communities.The provincial organizat...
Jan 15, 2020 The Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce is teaming up with local groups including in P.A. to encourage businesses to take a survey about Indigenous engagement. (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Supreme Court to hear B.C. case attempting to halt Trans Mountain expansion
OTTAWA - Canada's high court will hear arguments Thursday on whether British Columbia can stop Alberta from shipping heavy oil through the Trans Mountain pipeline without a permit. B.C.'s NDP governme...
Jan 15, 2020
Group cleaning up old oil wells says Alberta government rules inadequate
EDMONTON - A group tasked with cleaning up thousands of abandoned energy facilities in Alberta says the province's rules for ensuring polluters reclaim their wells before selling them off are&nbs...
Jan 15, 2020
