Tag Archives: Business & Economy

Extremely high fuel and fertilizer prices headline challenges for farmers during stressful year
Harvest is getting close to being done across Saskatchewan putting an end to one of, if not the, most challenging year for farmers in the fields. The biggest issue during seeding and harvest has been ...
Oct 06, 2022

Tim Hortons pulls sponsorship, Hockey Quebec withholds funds from Hockey Canada
Hockey Quebec says it has lost confidence in Hockey Canada and will not transfer funds to the national organization, while a well-known Canadian brand extended its sponsorship boycott. Hockey Quebec c...
Oct 05, 2022

Meadow Lake Tribal Council partners to start high speed Internet company
The Meadow Lake Tribal Council (MLTC) is getting into the internet business. Through a partnership with Wood River Controls and SaskTel, MLTC will provide high-speed internet service to Indigenous, ru...
Oct 04, 2022

Minimum wage increasing to $13 on Saturday
Saskatchewan's lowest-earning workers will get a pay raise Saturday, when the province's minimum wage goes up to $13 per hour from $11.81 per hour.The provincial government is planning to increase the...
Sep 30, 2022

Feds lift border vaccine requirements, mandatory masks on planes and trains
Federal ministers say all COVID-19 border restrictions will be removed as of Saturday, including mandatory vaccination, testing and quarantine of international travellers, as well as the requirement f...
Sep 26, 2022

The man, the meth, the legend; P.A. man cleans house, literally
A Prince Albert man who cleans houses contaminated by meth says his business opportunities are only limited by the owner's budgets. Clarence Natomagan owns Meth Busters (inspired by Myth Busters) and ...
Sep 13, 2022

Majority of Sask. communities seeing property sale numbers higher than 10-year average
Residential property sales across the province continue to be down from last year but that doesn't mean the sector is struggling.According to the Saskatchewan Realtors' Association (SRA), most communi...
Sep 13, 2022

P.A. & northern Sask. see drop in jobs in August
Prince Albert and northern Saskatchewan saw a drop in the number of jobs over the past month.According to Statistics Canada, the region lost around 400 positions in August. This puts the total of empl...
Sep 10, 2022

Are your favourite dollar store items harbouring dangerous chemicals?
Chances are you have bought many items during your trips to the local dollar store. But could the items in your basket contain high amounts of toxic chemicals?According to a new report from an environ...
Sep 01, 2022

Boreal Heartland offering new seasonings at select locations
Boreal Heartland Herbal Products is test marketing a new line of seasonings in La Ronge and Saskatoon. "We've been working on these seasonings for a couple of years now, doing research and looking at ...
Aug 29, 2022