Tag Archives: Business & Economy

Meadow Lake Tribal Council partners to start high speed Internet company
The Meadow Lake Tribal Council (MLTC) is getting into the internet business. Through a partnership with Wood River Controls and SaskTel, MLTC will provide high-speed internet service to Indigenous, ru...
Oct 04, 2022

Minimum wage increasing to $13 on Saturday
Saskatchewan's lowest-earning workers will get a pay raise Saturday, when the province's minimum wage goes up to $13 per hour from $11.81 per hour.The provincial government is planning to increase the...
Sep 30, 2022

Feds lift border vaccine requirements, mandatory masks on planes and trains
Federal ministers say all COVID-19 border restrictions will be removed as of Saturday, including mandatory vaccination, testing and quarantine of international travellers, as well as the requirement f...
Sep 26, 2022

The man, the meth, the legend; P.A. man cleans house, literally
A Prince Albert man who cleans houses contaminated by meth says his business opportunities are only limited by the owner's budgets. Clarence Natomagan owns Meth Busters (inspired by Myth Busters) and ...
Sep 13, 2022

Majority of Sask. communities seeing property sale numbers higher than 10-year average
Residential property sales across the province continue to be down from last year but that doesn't mean the sector is struggling.According to the Saskatchewan Realtors' Association (SRA), most communi...
Sep 13, 2022

P.A. & northern Sask. see drop in jobs in August
Prince Albert and northern Saskatchewan saw a drop in the number of jobs over the past month.According to Statistics Canada, the region lost around 400 positions in August. This puts the total of empl...
Sep 10, 2022

Humboldt & District Chamber of Commerce to move locations
After 22 years of operating at the Humboldt Historic Campground, the Humboldt and District Chamber of Commerce is announcing its departure from the Tourist Information Booth as of October 31, 2022."It...
Sep 01, 2022

Are your favourite dollar store items harbouring dangerous chemicals?
Chances are you have bought many items during your trips to the local dollar store. But could the items in your basket contain high amounts of toxic chemicals?According to a new report from an environ...
Sep 01, 2022

Floods, drought, storms could cost Canada's economy $139 billion by 2050: report
Floods, droughts and major storms that wash out highways, damage buildings and affect power grids could cost Canada's economy $139 billion over the next 30 years, a new climate-based analysis predicts...
Aug 29, 2022

Premier Moe checks on construction progress of new Tisdale dry milling plant
The Town and RM of Tisdale recently had a special visitor come up to witness the construction being done on the new C-Merak Dry Milling Plant.Premier Scott Moe was around, along with local representat...
Aug 20, 2022