Tag Archives: Business & Economy
Gaming authority had a good year
The Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority (SIGA) is marking a successful year.For 2018-19 SIGA, which owns and operates seven casinos in the province including the Northern Lights Casino in Prince Albe...
Jul 16, 2019 SIGA, which owns seven casinos in Saskatchewan, including the Northern Lights Casino is marking a successful year (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Wollaston Lake Fishery shuts down operations, owners blame lack of all weather road
The closure of Wollaston Lake Fishery's operations in Prince Albert and Wollaston Lake this week, has direct ties to a broken promise by the federal and provincial governments to build an all weather ...
Jul 12, 2019 Northern Wild Fishery shut down all their operations on Wednesday. (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)
Premiers to focus on Quebec over pipelines, religious symbols at conference
Canada's premiers are meeting in Saskatoon on the final day of their annual gathering with Quebec expected to be at the centre of talks.Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he is trying to work with Queb...
Jul 11, 2019
Could a P.A. ghost story become a tourist destination?
A Prince Albert urban legend remains a local secret for now, but it has potential to draw people to a favourite haunt.The Hands Bridge story has a few variations, but there are some common superstitio...
Jul 10, 2019 The Hands Bridge spans the Spruce River in Little Red River Park. (Ronald Quaroni/paNOW Staff)
SaskPower's Power Generation Partner Program enters its second year
SaskPower customers who save more renewable electricity than they consume will now have the opportunity to sell it back to the company.SaskPower will be seeking applications for its 2019 Power Generat...
Jul 10, 2019 SaskPower. (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Saskatchewan's Flora Bora listed as one of coolest places to camp in Canada
An Emma Lake area business has been listed as a 'must' for Canadian campers. Chatelaine Magazine recently published an article titled, 'The Coolest Places to Go Camping In Canada,' Flora Bora was one ...
Jul 09, 2019 (Submitted Photo/ Karen Wasylyk)
Unemployment sees steep drop regionally as job growth in Canada takes breather in June
Employment in Canada slipped slightly in June though the jobless rate held steady near its four-decade low.The unemployment rate edged up from 5.4 in May to 5.5 per cent as the nation lost around 26,2...
Jul 05, 2019 (file photo/JPBG)
Workers trapped deep in Saskatchewan mine safely back on surface
A fertilizer company says all 34 people who were trapped deep in a Saskatchewan potash mine for more than a day are now safely above ground.Will Tigley, a spokesman with Nutrien Ltd., says a service s...
Jul 04, 2019 Nutrien's Cory potash mine. (Nutrien)
Cannabis use on the rise in Canada
Prince Albert's legal cannabis retailers have given insight into the demographics they have seen since legalization of the product in October.The United Nations' latest world drug report showed more C...
Jul 03, 2019 (File photo/paNOW Staff)
Global boom in natural gas is undermining climate change action: report
OTTAWA - The Global Energy Monitor says an international boom in liquefied natural gas exports is undermining global efforts to stop climate change and Canada is one of the industry's biggest pla...
Jul 02, 2019
