Tag Archives: Business & Economy
Region sees slight uptick in jobs
There's slightly better news on the job scene for the Prince Albert and North region - which includes The Battlefords and Melfort - as well as signs of continued improvement on the provincial front.Ac...
Nov 08, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)
Alberta alters rules on oil production limits to spur more conventional drilling
EDMONTON - Alberta's energy minister says the government is adjusting its rules on oil production limits to give producers incentive to drill more conventional wells. Sonya Savage says, star...
Nov 08, 2019
P.A. house prices rise but total sales remain slack
There is some continued slight upward movement in Prince Albert's depressed housing market although it's not clear if that will continue.The Saskatoon Region Association of Realtors (SRAR) is reportin...
Nov 07, 2019 For Sale signs in Prince Albert. (Nigel Maxwell/paNOW Staff)
Naloxone provided to P.A. bars and restaurants
A new initiative wants to give an overdose-reversing drug to as many Prince Albert bars and restaurants as possible.The Saskatchewan Health Authority and the local branch of AIDS Saskatoon are encoura...
Nov 01, 2019 Tartan Table owner Niall Kerr (center) holds a Naloxone kit. He is flanked by Fred Simpson (left) of AIDS Saskatoon and Access Place outreach nurse Brittany Nicolas (right). (submitted photo/Saskatchewan Health Authority)
NDP election call for second bridge in P.A.
The opposition New Democrats will be beating the drum even louder for a second bridge in Prince Albert as we head into an election next November.Since her narrow win in 2016, Prince Albert Northcote M...
Nov 01, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)
Alberta tables climate plan for industry; retains key parts of old legislation
EDMONTON - Alberta has introduced a new climate plan for the province's big greenhouse gas emitters that it says will achieve similar emissions cuts as the former NDP government's plan and at less cos...
Oct 29, 2019 (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck)
New signage points to brighter future for downtown Prince Albert
It's a sign of the times, and a good one for downtown Prince Albert.New street signs, to reflect the precinct's unique feel, have started to go up at various intersections along Central Ave., with mor...
Oct 28, 2019 Renewal and change. Gone are some traffic lights in the P.A.downtown but there are some new markings at key intersections along Central Ave. (Glenn Hicks/paNOW Staff)
Rosetown Co-op Agro Centre ‘a total loss’ after Saturday fire
The west central Saskatchewan community of Rosetown is grappling with a major loss this weekend.Late Saturday night, the town's Co-op Agro Centre burnt to the ground.Mike Moon, the store's general man...
Oct 28, 2019 (Submitted photo)
Liberals: TMX pipeline could fund $500 million a year in clean energy projects
OTTAWA - The Liberal government expects to get $500 million a year out of the expanded Trans Mountain pipeline and is promising to spend it all on cleaner sources of energy and projects that...
Oct 24, 2019
Prince Albert MLAs reflect on Throne Speech
Prince Albert Carlton MLA, the Saskatchewan Party's Joe Hargrave, says the government's announcement regarding a new hospital in the city has "never been closer." However, Prince Albert Northcote MLA,...
Oct 23, 2019 Scott Moe speaks to reporters about the government's Throne Speech. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
