Business & Economy

Plus $200 million for new P.A. hospital

The provincial government has confirmed the tender for advisory services for a new hospital in Prince Albert that will cost more than $200 million.Health Minister Jim Reiter said as much to reporters ...

Mar 04, 2020 (file photo/paNOW)

Northern adventure company up for provincial tourism award

Michela Carriere believes her business Aski Holistic Adventures was nominated for a Saskatchewan Tourism Award of Excellence because she offers an authentic Indigenous wilderness experience. Her Cumbe...

Mar 03, 2020 Aski Holistic Adventures is nominated for the Indigenous Tourism Experience Award. (submitted photo/Michela Carriere)

Travellers coming through customs at Saskatoon airport getting extra screening

If you have travelled outside of Canada in the past few weeks, you've likely noticed something a bit different at the Saskatoon airport upon your return.CJ Dushinski, the vice-president of business de...

Mar 03, 2020

Kenney says frustrating coronavirus stifling oil and gas economy

EDMONTON - Alberta's premier says it's frustrating to see his government doing everything it can to grow the economy only to watch global oil prices fall due to reduced demand tied to the no...

Mar 02, 2020

Coronach ‘open for business’ with transition money announced Friday

First with the oil downturn starting in 2014 and now with federal regulations moving the country away from coal, southeast Saskatchewan's economy is hurting.But on Friday, the provincial government an...

Mar 01, 2020 Coronach's mayor Trevor Schnell, Feb. 28, 2020 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)

Stock market drop a ‘blip’ compared to 2008: financial analyst

A Saskatoon financial analyst is shrugging off comparisons between this week's stock market drop and the 2008 financial crisis.Stock markets plummeted more than anytime since October 2008 through the ...

Feb 29, 2020 (CKOM News Staff)

Number of distracted driving tickets drops again

For the third straight month, the number of distracted driving offences recorded in Saskatchewan decreased.According to SGI, Saskatchewan police officers issued 509 tickets for distracted driving in J...

Feb 26, 2020 (CKOM News Staff)

Sask. premier calls for carbon tax pause as Alberta court rules levy unconstitutional

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe brought renewed swagger as he addressed reporters Monday in Saskatoon following an Alberta Court of Appeal ruling declaring the federal carbon tax unconstitutional."Toda...

Feb 25, 2020 Premier Scott Moe (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)

Alberta Appeal Court sides with Alberta on federal carbon tax

EDMONTON - The Alberta Court of Appeal has ruled that the federal carbon tax is not constitutional.In a 4-1 decision, the court says the legislation that brought in the tax erodes provincial jurisdict...

Feb 25, 2020 The Canadian Press

Teck withdraws application for Frontier mine, citing discourse over climate change

VANCOUVER - Teck Resources Ltd. has withdrawn its application for a massive oilsands mining project just days ahead of an expected government decision, citing the political discourse over climate chan...

Feb 24, 2020 The Canadian Press