Business & Economy

MBRC elects executive as organization members discuss future

The Melfort Business Revitalization Corporation continues to press forward in their effort to promote and connect local businesses.Tyler Fahlman of Fountain Tire was elected as the new chairperson of ...

Oct 30, 2019 (Cam Lee/northeastNOW Staff)

Alberta tables climate plan for industry; retains key parts of old legislation

EDMONTON - Alberta has introduced a new climate plan for the province's big greenhouse gas emitters that it says will achieve similar emissions cuts as the former NDP government's plan and at less cos...

Oct 29, 2019 (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck)

Rosetown Co-op Agro Centre ‘a total loss’ after Saturday fire

The west central Saskatchewan community of Rosetown is grappling with a major loss this weekend.Late Saturday night, the town's Co-op Agro Centre burnt to the ground.Mike Moon, the store's general man...

Oct 28, 2019 (Submitted photo)

Liberals: TMX pipeline could fund $500 million a year in clean energy projects

OTTAWA - The Liberal government expects to get $500 million a year out of the expanded Trans Mountain pipeline and is promising to spend it all on cleaner sources of energy and projects that...

Oct 24, 2019

Oilsands carbon liability at centre of closely watched New York fraud lawsuit

Alberta's oilsands are at the centre of a closely watched court battle in New York today. The state's attorney general is accusing Exxon Mobil of misrepresenting the risks the operations face as gover...

Oct 23, 2019

Crowns, Unifor reach tentative agreement to end strike

Six Saskatchewan Crown corporations have reached a tentative agreement with Unifor to end a 17-day strike, the Crown Investments Corporation (CIC) announced Sunday afternoon.The Crown corporations - S...

Oct 20, 2019 (File photo/CKOM News Staff)

Province turns down Unifor’s offer to go to arbitration, end strike

The union representing striking employees at Saskatchewan's Crown corporations has proposed arbitration to end the impasse, but the province has turned it down.During a hastily arranged media conferen...

Oct 19, 2019 Unifor national president Jerry Dias discusses the state of negotiations with the Government of Saskatchewan on Oct. 18, 2019. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)

Humboldt chamber weighs in on potential BHP potash mine in Jansen

The discussion continues as to what a possible Jansen potash project could do for the region.BHP announced on Thursday that its board would be asked to make a "final investment decision" on the Jansen...

Oct 18, 2019 (File photo/CKOM News Staff)

Mayors discuss construction PST, prompt payment and 2024 election

Prompt payment to contractors, ongoing objections to Provincial Sales Tax (PST) on construction projects, and the 2024 provincial election were among the topics up for discussion by the 16-city Mayors...

Oct 18, 2019 (Nigel Maxwell/paNOW Staff)

McDonald's opening in Melfort

The golden arches are now open to the northeast.McDonald's has set up shop at the StoneGate Shopping Centre in Melfort. It was initially announced that the fast food giant purchased land at the site i...

Oct 18, 2019 Cam Lee interviewing Raj Bains outside the new McDonald's in Melfort. (Mat Barrett/northeastNOW Staff)