Tag Archives: Business & Economy
Prince Albert business reimagines the door handle
Necessity is the mother of invention, and a local locksmith shop has created a device that allows people to open doors in a new way.Manager at Prince Albert based Accra Lock Burgess Vatamaniuck, expla...
May 06, 2020 A Prince Albert locksmith shop is offering a new product to its customers to help reduce contact with others. (Accra Lock/ Facebook)
Lloydminster remains shutdown, but nearby golf courses opening
A province-wide plan to re-open select businesses this month remains on pause in Lloydminster. Meanwhile golf courses outside city limits will begin to cautiously allow players.The province has delaye...
May 04, 2020 Golfers appear in a stock image. (Submitted/Rollings Greens Fairways)
Optometry, other services open in Battlefords as Phase 1 begins
Residents in the Battlefords were finally able to get to appointments at secondary medical services Monday, in what is hopefully a first step towards a post shut down world.The first phase of the Reop...
May 04, 2020 Parkview Optometric Services is one of several medical offices that opened their doors today. (Josh Ryan/battlefordsNOW)
Excessive CERB payments: what's an accident and what's fraud
It's been nearly one month since the federal government launched the Canadian Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) program on April 6.The CERB, which provides Canadian residents facing unemployment due t...
May 01, 2020 (Government of Canada, CRA)
Upcoming drive-in movie season uncertain for Jubilee theatre at Manitou Beach
The Jubilee drive-in movie theatre at Manitou Beach will be faced with numerous challenges if and when the site opens for the 2020 season.As of right now, the drive-in is unable to open with movie the...
May 01, 2020 (Facebook/Jubilee Drive-in)
Cameco distributes $1 million in COVID-19 relief
Describing the process as "humbling and overwhelming," the CEO of Cameco says they have supported 67 community projects with their recently announced $1 million COVID-19 Relief Fund.The uranium mining...
May 01, 2020 (Cameco.com)
Hotels trying to help patrons, employees amid economic shutdown
Following the initial weeks of the pandemic, hotels have either temporarily shut down or laid off most of staff due to financial and safety reasons. Tisha Carriere of Gold Eagle Lodge said their decis...
Apr 30, 2020 Despite closures and staff reductions, managers at Battlefords hotels are working to help the community. (File photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Local businesses concerned about UPAR construction amid pandemic
Some local businesses on 100 Street are concerned about the impact from construction this summer after dealing with reduced sales from the province's COVID-19 restrictions. The City of North Battlefor...
Apr 29, 2020 Co-owner of Kelly's Computer Works Darryl Arnold in North Battleford is concerned about how the UPAR work will impact his business this summer after already dealing with reduced sales from the COVID-19 restrictions. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Cargill beef plant to reopen next week after COVID-19 outbreak forced closure
CALGARY - Workers are to return Monday to a beef processing plant south of Calgary that was closed for two weeks because of a COVID-19 outbreak. Cargill says its High River facility will restart ...
Apr 29, 2020
Dentists and optometrists face challenge in opening first
There's excitement for dentists and optometrists being in the first group of businesses able to reopen in Saskatchewan on May 4. However, the caveats involved could cause many to delay.So far, the Col...
Apr 29, 2020 Optometrists and dentists are wrestling with whether or not to open on May 4, due to COVID-19 related restrictions. (Submitted photo/Parkview Optometric Services)