Tag Archives: Business & Economy

OTTAWA - The federal government is proposing to use an industry-specific cap-and-trade system or a modified carbon pricing system to set a ceiling for emissions from the oil and gas sector and drive t...

The Bank of Canada raised its key interest rate by a full percentage point on Wednesday, marking the largest single rate hike since August 1998.The central bank's decision signals a more aggressive ap...

A fast-food chain that once had a presence in La Ronge exceeding two decades is set to return. "We're building a new A&W for the northern communities of Saskatchewan," said local businessman Dalla...

Prince Albert and northern Saskatchewan are seeing their biggest job growth in nearly a year.According to Statistics Canada's monthly report, the region added around 1,200 positions in June. This is t...

Homeowners in Saskatchewan will be paying more for power in the coming months - and their energy bills could be going up too.In a media release Monday, the Saskatchewan Rate Review Panel announced it ...

Questions remain as Rogers Communications continues to restore service after a network outage that affected customers across the country.The outage, which lasted more than 15 hours, affected mobile an...

Interac says its services are fully available again after debit transactions were halted by a widespread Rogers network outage impacting mobile and network services across much of Canada.Interac issue...

Harvesting has begun in northern Saskatchewan on a large range of natural products. "We've been taking things for about a month," said Keewatin Community Development Association CEO Randy Johns, who m...

The Canadian economy recorded a loss in jobs for the first time since January while the unemployment rate dropped to another record low. In its latest labour force survey released Friday, Statistics C...

A widespread network outage from Rogers Communications Inc. has left many customers without mobile and internet service Friday morning and is causing problems for police, radio broadcasters and Servic...