Tag Archives: Business & Economy

North Battleford business owner hopes to sell cannabis retail products
The Battlefords might be home to another cannabis retail outlet in the future if a downtown business is successful in obtaining its licence.The province recently expanded the number of cannabis retail...
Sep 15, 2020

Kenney says cross-country Energy East pipeline remains a possibility
CALGARY - Alberta's premier says new federal Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole was just stating the obvious when he indicated the Energy East pipeline project was off the table in a conversation with t...
Sep 15, 2020

Lloyd Co-op partners with Lloyd Exhibition for pandemic support
Amidst financial difficulties from the pandemic, the Lloydminster Agricultural Exhibition Association is getting a leg up from one of its biggest local partners.Lloydminster and District Co-op is runn...
Sep 14, 2020

Battleford to receive $264,000 from restart plan
The Town of Battleford joins municipalities across the province in having to make decisions in the coming weeks on how to utilize government funding from the Safe Restart Canada Plan.The town was allo...
Sep 11, 2020

North Battleford allocated nearly $854,000 of provincial funding
This week, municipalities across Saskatchewan received funding from the Safe Restart Canada Plan, which included nearly a million dollars for North Battleford.The city was allocated $853,947 of the $7...
Sep 10, 2020

Edwards Co-op Student Program offers unique opportunity for local businesses
For the last 13 years, the Edwards School of Business Co-op Student Program has been offering a helping hand to local businesses around the region, including the Battlefords. Designed as a mutually be...
Sep 10, 2020

Local entrepreneur finds success launching apparel brand
While the outlook for many during the COVID-19 pandemic may have become increasingly negative, one young entrepreneur is looking to uplift his community and province.Tesler Mosquito launched Treaty 6i...
Sep 10, 2020

Canada's top lawyer hopes to inspire more indigenous youth
The first indigenous president of the Canadian Bar Association has a Saskatchewan connection. Brad Regehr was born and raised in Manitoba but is a member of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation (Sandy Bay...
Sep 06, 2020

Many shoppers support wearing masks as COVID-19 precaution
Donning her own face-mask Cayley East and her family were getting ready to shop for groceries in North Battleford Wednesday.Accompanied by her husband and four children, East said she strongly support...
Sep 03, 2020

Local parks and campsites see unique challenges this summer
It has been a unique summer for parks and campgrounds across the province this year, as the COVID-19 pandemic brought with it a number of different challenges to hurdle, throughout the summer camping ...
Sep 03, 2020