Business & Economy

Melfort Trade Alliance getting ready for Mardi Gras on Main

The Melfort Trade Alliance (MTA) continues to gear up for their ode to New Orleans.Mardi Gras on Main will be held at the Historic Post Office Feb. 29.MTA Chair Tyler Fahlman told northeastNOW the org...

Feb 18, 2020 Mardi Gras on Main will be held at the Historic Post Office Feb. 29. (Cam Lee/northeastNOW Staff)

Unifor releases video on barricade north of Saskatoon

The union representing locked out Co-op Refinery workers has released a video on social media describing the motivation for it's latest labour dispute tactic - putting a fence around the Co-op cardloc...

Feb 15, 2020 Unifor members set up barricades around the entrances to the co-op cardlock, north of Saskatoon, just off highway 16 on Friday, February 14, 2020. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)

Melfort home sales drop slightly in January

The Saskatchewan Realtors Association (SRA) has released figures on the housing market activity in Melfort for January.The Melfort area saw 11 homes sell last month, three fewer than in the same perio...

Feb 15, 2020 (Cam Lee/northeastNOW Staff)

Affinity Credit Union branch renovations continue

The extensive renovations continue at Affinity Credit Union in Melfort. Members and employees have had to adapt to the renos over the past few months. Chief Financial Officer Lise de Moissac told nort...

Feb 14, 2020 (Cam Lee/northeastNOW Staff)

CN shuts down eastern rail network, FSIN and Hoback weigh in

Canadian National Railway Co. says it must shut down its entire train network in Eastern Canada due to protesters blockades.The company says that means stopping all transcontinental trains across its ...

Feb 13, 2020 (Canadian National Railway Company/Facebook)

SaskPower, electrical workers agree to new labour contract

Unionized electrical workers at SaskPower have a new contract with the company that takes them through to the end of 2022 and gives them a seven per cent wage increase spread out over six years.The Cr...

Feb 13, 2020 (Evan Radford/CJME News)

Melfort liquor outlet to be built at StoneGate Shopping Centre

New details are emerging about an upcoming liquor outlet in Melfort.Melfort Liquor Loft owner Trent Zwingli told northeastNOW the outlet will be located at the StoneGate Shopping Centre on Highway 6 s...

Feb 12, 2020 This parcel of land will be the future home of Melfort Liquor Loft. (Angie Rolheiser/northeastNOW Staff)

Alberta unloads crude-by-rail contracts signed under former NDP government

CALGARY - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says his government has unloaded crude-by-rail contracts signed under the previous NDP government, but details aren't being disclosed yet. His predecessor, Rache...

Feb 11, 2020

HDBID shifts administration to Humboldt Chamber

A number of changes and developments have members of the Humboldt Downtown Business Improvement District (HDBID) excited for 2020.The district members announced their 2020 Board of Directors, includin...

Feb 11, 2020 Humboldt Downtown Business Improvement District Board of Directors. (submitted photo/HDBID)

Four Nipawin businesses recognized at ABEX Awards

Service, retail, heritage, and agriculture.Those are the four categories of the Nipawin and District Chamber of Commerce's ABEX Awards that were presented on Friday, Feb. 7 as part of the chamber's aw...

Lisa Brady Feb 10, 2020 Nipawin Dental Centre received the service award during the Nipawin and District Chamber of Commerce's ABEX Awards Gala. (Facebook/Nipawin Dental Centre)