Tag Archives: Business & Economy

Casino applies to P.A. city hall for major expansion
The Northern Lights Casino is looking to city hall for the go ahead for a major expansion which would close to double the size of the building.Prince Albert city council will be asked on Monday to OK ...
Aug 16, 2024
‘Huge economic opportunity’: Sask. rare earth facility gets $16M boost
The Saskatchewan Research Council has secured a large government investment to help develop its rare earth processing facility in Saskatoon.Jonathan Wilkinson, Canada's minister of energy and resource...
Aug 15, 2024

New water treatment plant opens on Muskoday First Nation
Muskoday First Nation no longer has to solely rely on the Prince Albert Rural Water Utility to meet their water needs. Instead, a new state-of-the-art facility will provide safe and reliable water to ...
Aug 15, 2024
Company is working to ‘Cree’ate nuclear industry language for fluent speakers
The complexity of modern scientific terminology and the Cree language are sometimes at odds, but Vince Natomagan is aiming to find bridges of understanding between those two worlds."I have to think Cr...
Aug 15, 2024

MN-S calls on governments to halt secondary uranium mine on Patterson Lake
The Mtis Nation-Saskatchewan (MN-S) is concerned about the environmental stress facing Patterson Lake if a second Uranium mine is built to extract ore. As a result, they are calling on the federal and...
Aug 14, 2024

'Rolling with the punches': Cravings tasked with 25,000 meals for Tony Cote athletes
Feeding thousands of athletes and coaches twice per day for five days has been quite a logistical feat for Air Ronge's Cravings Late Night Food. The Indigenous-owned restaurant was selected by the Ton...
Aug 14, 2024

Content sharing underway between Pattison Media and Eagle Feather News
A shuttered monthly Indigenous focused newspaper has relaunched in Saskatchewan with a fresh brand, a shiny news portal and a quarterly print magazine. EFN Media could be the comeback story of 2024. M...
Aug 12, 2024
Northern pilot program is working to launch lifelong aviation careers
In the new year, 10 individuals will not only have the opportunity of a lifetime, but the chance to better their home communities.The Dziret'i Pilot Training program is a new initiative created to hel...
Aug 12, 2024
Sask. critical minerals sector gets 2 new incentive programs
Some new incentives have been announced from the province to boost the critical minerals sector.Two new incentive programs are now in place. One is the Critical Minerals Processing Investment Incentiv...
Aug 09, 2024
‘Extra hoops’: Parks Canada’s building rules could delay Jasper rebuild
Residents of Jasper, Alta., who lost their homes in last month's wildfire face unique rebuilding challenges tied to leasing provisions nearly as old as Canada, followed modern rules dictating what the...
Aug 09, 2024