Tag Archives: Business & Economy
NDP lays out fiscal plan; Sask Party calls it dishonest
With a detailed fiscal plan in hand, the Sask. NDP's Leader Carla Beck said the transparency represented by her party's plan for the 2024 election is novel."I get it, people in this province are cynic...
Oct 04, 2024

Supreme Court upholds rules on passenger compensation in victory for air travellers
MONTREAL - The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld rules that bolster compensation for air passengers subjected to delayed flights and damaged luggage on international flights. In a victory for air tra...
Oct 04, 2024

Sweetgrass F.N. and N.B. sign 'historic' Urban Reserve Services Agreement
As members of Sweetgrass First Nation and the City of North Battleford leadership sat at a table to sign an historic Urban Reserve Services Agreement, gasps and sighs from attendees could be heard. Th...
Sep 28, 2024
Statistics Canada reports real GDP grew 0.2% in July
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says real gross domestic product grew 0.2 per cent in July, following essentially no change in June, helped by strength in the retail trade sector.The agency says the growth...
Sep 27, 2024

Pêmiska Tourism receives provincial hospitality award
A reconciliation destination south of Prince Albert has received a Hospitality Saskatchewan Award of Excellence. Pmiska Tourism has been named Indigenous Tourism Experience of the Year. "We're so hono...
Sep 26, 2024

Council hears results of public meetings on city growth, despite low turnout
The efforts to learn how to grow North Battleford and become a more business-friendly environment didn't quite yield the turnout City Manager Randy Patrick expected.Four public consultations were held...
Sep 25, 2024

'A Barber's Collection' a love letter to North Battleford
In the mid-1950's, a British psychiatrist took part in a ceremony with members of Red Pheasant Cree Nation; a followup to work being done further south in Saskatchewan that saw the creation of a term ...
Sep 20, 2024

Lost, found and full of flavour: Moose Kebab and Shawarma a new family tradition
An immigrant family from Ukraine to the Battlefords has seen success with their local shawarma restaurant, but the path to get here has been both emotional and long- starting all the way back in World...
Sep 19, 2024

National Forest Week: Local forestry company a ‘shining star’ in industry
More than half of Saskatchewan is covered in trees, but according to the CEO of Forest Saskatchewan, most people aren't aware of just how significant the forestry industry is to the province. "It empl...
Sep 19, 2024

Increased wood supply ups odds of success for new mill
One of the biggest benefits of oriented strand board mills is their ability to take remnant wood from other operations and turn what might be something considered defective and make a building product...
Sep 18, 2024