Tag Archives: Business & Economy

Saskatchewan posts lowest unemployment rate in Canada
For the second straight month, Saskatchewan was the only province in Canada to record an increase in employment.In data released Friday, Statistics Canada said the number of people working in Saskatch...
Jun 04, 2021

Saskatchewan to increase minimum wage to $11.81 on Oct. 1
After all the salutes to frontline workers, the hearts on windows and the hailing of essential workers as heroes, Carla Beck says those words ring hollow without fair compensation.The NDP's labour cri...
Jun 04, 2021

Some increases, some decreases in SGI’s proposed rate change
Starting in January, vehicle insurance rates in Saskatchewan could be going up ... and down.On Tuesday, SGI announced it had asked the Saskatchewan Rate Review Panel to examine a proposed zero per cen...
Jun 01, 2021

COVID testing program amid Cameco outbreak
Cameco says it continues to operate safely amid a COVID-19 outbreak at its Cigar Lake site in the North. Over the weekend, nine people from the nearly 300 tested there returned a positive result for C...
May 25, 2021

'What community is all about': Local businesses ready to serve during power outage
Many businesses in the tri-communities were ready to serve during a nearly 80-hour power outage. Although it took some time, throughout week stores began to reopen after suddenly closing Monday after ...
May 21, 2021

Study finds abandoned oil and gas wells place unfair burden on landowners, taxpayers
CALGARY - A report from the University of Calgary says the costs of Alberta's growing stock of abandoned and inactive oil and gas wells are falling unfairly on landowners and taxpayers. Braeden Larson...
May 20, 2021

MN-S V.P. candidate focused on economic development, language rights, and social issues
The Mtis-Nation Saskatchewan election is now two weeks away, and a candidate with connections to Beauval and Saskatoon says he wants to be a part of positive change.Darrel Burnouf is one of five candi...
May 15, 2021

Wapiti Valley Ski Park creates $100,000 fundraising campaign
A regional park and ski resort in the northeast is taking the unprecedented step of creating a GoFundMe page and reopening fundraiser.The fundraising campaign aims to recover costs lost at the Wapiti ...
May 13, 2021

Petroleum analyst keeping an eye on pipeline problems
One petroleum analyst thinks Saskatchewan drivers can breathe a sigh of relief - for now - even though pipeline issues are causing problems in Eastern Canada.En-Pro International chief petroleum analy...
May 12, 2021

Saskatchewan's forestry sector profits increase significantly in 2020
The Government of Saskatchewan has announced the province's forestry sector has seen a significant increase in business over the last year.The provincial government stated the industry's forest produc...
May 12, 2021