Business & Economy

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

Oilsands carbon liability at centre of closely watched New York fraud lawsuit

Alberta's oilsands are at the centre of a closely watched court battle in New York today. The state's attorney general is accusing Exxon Mobil of misrepresenting the risks the operations face as gover...

Oct 23, 2019

Crowns, Unifor reach tentative agreement to end strike

Six Saskatchewan Crown corporations have reached a tentative agreement with Unifor to end a 17-day strike, the Crown Investments Corporation (CIC) announced Sunday afternoon.The Crown corporations - S...

Oct 20, 2019 (File photo/CKOM News Staff)

Province turns down Unifor’s offer to go to arbitration, end strike

The union representing striking employees at Saskatchewan's Crown corporations has proposed arbitration to end the impasse, but the province has turned it down.During a hastily arranged media conferen...

Oct 19, 2019 Unifor national president Jerry Dias discusses the state of negotiations with the Government of Saskatchewan on Oct. 18, 2019. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)

Mayors discuss construction PST, prompt payment and 2024 election

Prompt payment to contractors, ongoing objections to Provincial Sales Tax (PST) on construction projects, and the 2024 provincial election were among the topics up for discussion by the 16-city Mayors...

Oct 18, 2019 (Nigel Maxwell/paNOW Staff)

Majority of Sask. cannabis shops open 1 year after legalization

When marijuana was legalized in October 2018, only seven of the 51 licensed stores across Saskatchewan were open and ready for business.One year later, there are 39 cannabis retail stores in operation...

Oct 17, 2019 (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff)

Manitoba declares state of emergency after 30,000 homes and businesses left without power

More than 30,000 Manitoba homes and businesses remained without power Sunday in the wake of a snowstorm that the province's Crown energy utility said had left an unprecedented amount of damage to tran...

Oct 14, 2019 (The Canadian Press)

Solar company makes pitch for new net metering program

A local solar energy company says SaskPower is in the dark on embracing and regulating the technology in Saskatchewan."If you look at the solar resource map for Canada, Saskatchewan is the sweet spot....

Oct 14, 2019 Mo’ Solar Company owner Bradyn Parisian. (Evan Radford/CKOM)

Thanksgiving dinner menus by the numbers

Turkey, potatoes, carrots, pumpkin in some form and whipped cream - all staples of the Canadian Thanksgiving dinner table. But just how much canned cranberry sauce and flour is needed in this nation f...