Tag Archives: Business & Economy

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...
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)

Ottawa launches consultations on Indigenous ownership of Trans Mountain pipeline
CALGARY - Finance Minister Bill Morneau says the federal government is launching a new set of consultations with Indigenous groups that will determine if and how they might take part in ownership...
Feb 10, 2020

Kenney sets sights on Democratic hopefuls aiming to block Keystone XL pipeline
WASHINGTON - Jason Kenney opted to join Ontario counterpart Doug Ford in the Democratic doghouse Saturday as the Alberta premier vented his spleen about progressive presidenti...
Feb 10, 2020

Let-Us Grow Hydroponics one year in Hudson Bay's former school
The old Stewart Hawke School in Hudson Bay is getting some good use.The town asked for bids for the building in late 2018, and in early 2019, they awarded it to 'Let-Us Grow Hydroponics'. The company ...
Feb 06, 2020 (Facebook/Let-Us Grow)

Another train derailment
A train has derailed near Guernsey, the second time in less than two months that a train has derailed in the area.Phillipe Gaudet from Humboldt used a drone to capture footage of the train wreck that ...
Feb 06, 2020 (Paul Huls/Facebook)