Tag Archives: Business & Economy
Sask. small businesses can begin applying today for provincial aid
Saskatchewan businesses impacted by COVID-19 can begin applying for provincial aid today.Saskatchewan Trade and Export Development Minister Jeremy Harrison told Gormley on Monday the government will s...
Apr 13, 2020 (CKOM News Staff)
Post-secondary institutions adapting to current realities
Saskatchewan Polytechnic is adapting to the new realities brought on by the COVID-19 outbreak. The school has transitioned many classes to online portals. Dr. Has Malik, provost and vice president aca...
Apr 11, 2020 Saskatchewan Polytechnic is preparing for a number of possibilities going forward, (Submitted Photo/Saskatchewan Polytechnic)
Sask. residents shopping for homemade masks during COVID-19 pandemic
Residents across Saskatchewan are starting to wear homemade masks out in public to mitigate the chance of coronavirus transmission and the demand is drawing the work of those who can sew.In watching t...
Apr 09, 2020 ID 770413 © Irochka | Dreamstime.com
Online campaign launched to support local businesses
During the COVID-19 pandemic, local businesses that are still open can share the news on a new website.The Battlefords region joins 19 other communities across Western Canada using a new website calle...
Apr 08, 2020 Businesses and organizations across the Battlefords can use the site thingsthatareopen.com to advertise to the public they're still open. (submitted photo)
Landlords working with renters on payment options
Weeks into the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses and property owners are ramping up their efforts to work with renters as they face the incoming challenge of late payments.Last week marked the due date of...
Apr 07, 2020 Tenants facing financial struggles as a result of COVID-19 will have a number of options from their landlords for rent payments moving forward. (Josh Ryan/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Premier Kenney predicts 25 per cent unemployment in Alberta due to COVID-19
CALGARY - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has a grim prediction for workers in his province.He says there may well be 25 per cent unemployment as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.He has told an energy i...
Apr 07, 2020
Rio Tinto denies allegations in diamond project dispute
Mining giant Rio Tinto has formally responded to claims by its partner Star Diamond Corp. that it breached their options agreement, racked up excessive costs, and failed to share information about the...
Apr 07, 2020 Rio Tinto's huge trench cutter rig seen before its vertical deployment at Project Falcon east of Prince Albert. The mining giant denies all allegations made by its partner Star Diamond. (file photo/Star Diamond Corp.)
Sask. Parks facing lost spring from coronavirus
The delay of camping season in Saskatchewan Provincial Parks has resulted in more cancelled weekend plans in the spring, but regional parks face the same obstacle.According to last week's statement fr...
Apr 06, 2020 Campers hoping to use the spring to get over social isolation from COVID-19 should expect further delays as regional parks wait to make a decision and provincial parks have officially postponed the season's start. (File photo/paNOW Staff)
Battlefords Agency Tribal Chiefs take ownership, open Nipawin’s first cannabis store
It took nearly a year and a half after its initial targeted opening date, but Nipawin's first cannabis store opened on Saturday.FN Cannabis Co. is on First Ave W is also the first cannabis store owned...
Apr 05, 2020 The Battlefords Agency Tribal Chiefs opened their first cannabis store in Nipawin, under an Indigenous themed brand (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff).
COVID-19 prompts slowdown at diamond exploration project
The legal dispute between Rio Tinto and its partners Star Diamond Corp., at the huge diamond exploration project east of Prince Albert has not stopped operations. However, the COVID-19 situation has r...
Apr 04, 2020 This aerial image shows the construction of the Bulk Sampling Plant where the huge bags of kimberlite samples (in top of image) are being processed to get an idea of the quantity and quality of diamonds in the sample. (Star Diamond Corp.)