Business & Economy

CRTC approves application for Nipawin radio station

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has awarded CJNE FM Radio Inc. a new low-power commercial FM country music radio station.The application was approved by the CRTC...

Jan 31, 2020 (Cam Lee/northeastNOW Staff)

Canadian oil producers prepared for temporary price slump as virus spreads

OTTAWA - Canada's energy industry is not overly alarmed as the new coronavirus coming out of China is taking a bite out of world oil prices. Brad Herald, a vice-president at the Canadian Association o...

Jan 29, 2020

MLCN ratifies new business charter

A new agreement ratified last week by Montreal Lake Cree Nation (MLCN) chief and council will help create wealth and sovereignty for the community, according to the Chief Executive Officer of Montreal...

Jan 28, 2020 From left to right sitting: Montreal Lake Cree Nation (MLCN) Councillor Troy Naytowhow, MLCN Vice Chief Dean Henderson, MLCN Chief Frank Roberts, MLCN Councillor Stanley Bird, MLCN Councillor Eldon Henderson. Standing from left to right Montreal Lake Business Ventures (MLBV) Borden Wasyluk, MLCN Councillor Debbie Kasheep, MLBV Chairman Noland Henderson and MLBV Director Roger Bird. (submitted photo/ Robert Fincati)

Unifor, FCL representatives to meet in Saskatoon

The sides in the labour dispute at the Co-op refinery were to meet face to face Monday.During a rally outside the refinery, Scott Doherty - the executive assistant to Unifor national president Jerry D...

Jan 27, 2020 Scott Doherty, executive assistant to Unifor national president Jerry Dias, announces representatives of the union are to meet with Federated Co-operatives Limited CEO Scott Banda on Jan. 27, 2020. (Adriana Christianson/980 CJME)

Sask. man wins over $775K playing VLT machine

There was a lot of cheering and celebrating this week at Kostas Lounge in La Ronge, following news one of the customers received a massive payout from one of the VLT machines.The big win happened late...

Jan 24, 2020 (Facebook/ Kostas Lounge)

Alberta landowners urge farmers to cut power to wells with unpaid debts

A group of Alberta landowners is asking farmers and ranchers to fight back against unpaid debts and unreclaimed oil and gas wells by closing valves and cutting power to energy company sites. "The...

Jan 24, 2020

Provincial optimism rises despite difficult financial situation

Saskatchewan residents are slightly more optimistic about their financial futures, despite their ongoing challenges, even as slightly more people struggle to make ends meet.The latest MNP Consumer Ind...

Jan 21, 2020 (File Photo/ paNOW Staff)

Unifor completely blocks off refinery in dispute escalation

Nearly a dozen Co-op-branded semis lined up on Fleet Street illustrated the Unifor point Monday morning, when the national president stood in front of a crowd of picketers to announce they were blocki...

Jan 20, 2020 (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)

Alberta government promising to fix rules on aging energy wells

EDMONTON - A group tasked with cleaning up thousands of abandoned energy sites in Alberta says the province's rules for ensuring polluters reclaim their wells before selling them off are ina...

Jan 17, 2020

Provincial business group to survey Indigenous engagement

The Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce is looking to find out more about how businesses in the province are doing in terms of engaging with Indigenous businesses and communities.The provincial organizat...

Jan 15, 2020 The Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce is teaming up with local groups including in P.A. to encourage businesses to take a survey about Indigenous engagement. (file photo/paNOW Staff)