Tag Archives: Business & Economy
Sask. Review Panel approves increase to SaskEnergy rates
Your heating bill is about to go up after a review panel approved a rate increase proposal from SaskEnergy.Last month, SaskEnergy proposed the rate increase for natural gas they said would help them r...
Oct 13, 2021
Beeland Co-op and Loop celebrate two years of zero food waste
Beeland Co-op in Tisdale and Loop is celebrating its second year of eliminating food waste.Todd Svenson, Beeland Co-op's general manager, said working with Loop has helped the store to recycle 100 per...
Oct 12, 2021
Canada urged to join allies in tougher China stance after Kovrig, Spavor release
OTTAWA - The aftermath of Canada's long fight with China over the imprisonment of Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig has spawned a new challenge: whether to join allies such as the United States and Au...
Oct 11, 2021
Sask. workers face abuse with proof of vaccination
Workers are getting an extra hard time for just doing their jobs, to the point where it's being called abuse.Both the Saskatchewan Government and General Employees Union (SGEU) and the Saskatchewan Fe...
Oct 07, 2021
More Saskatchewan residents starting to travel again
More people are taking trips abroad despite being in the midst of the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.Terry Kaszas, a travel development specialist with CAA, said travel from Saskatchewan really ...
Oct 06, 2021
Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram hit by worldwide outage
People who spend a lot of time on social media are without three of their main platforms Monday.Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are down in parts of the world, including Saskatchewan.The company post...
Oct 04, 2021
Biggest concern is abuse of employees, says Hospitality Saskatchewan as vaccine passport system begins
It's the first workday for the hospitality sector under Saskatchewan's new proof-of-vaccination requirements.As of Friday, a number of businesses must check customers for proof of vaccination or a neg...
Oct 01, 2021
Sask. no longer lowest minimum wage in Canada
Minimum wage earners in Saskatchewan received a raise on Friday.The province's minimum wage bumps up to $11.81 per hour, an increase of 36 cents.At $11.75 per hour, New Brunswick now has the lowest mi...
Oct 01, 2021
PBCN wins appeal decision, Sask Power lawsuit heads back to court
The Chief of Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation (PBCN) says a long awaited decision last week by the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal (SCOA), represents a win for the nation.The SCOA has effectively agreed that...
Sep 27, 2021
Questions linger for Sask. business owners ahead of vaccine passport implementation
When the Saskatchewan government announced vaccine passports would be required at various establishments and businesses, the first thought that came to Tracy Read's mind was how she was going to carry...
Sep 27, 2021