Tag Archives: Business & Economy

Beardy's and Okemasis Cree Nation building grocery store
Beardy's and Okemasis Cree Nation is embarking on a new venture with the construction of its own grocery store.Chief Edwin Ananas and council made the announcement Thursday morning at the site of the ...
Nov 13, 2025

SaskTel to provide mental wellness app to wireless customers
It's an initiative that's the first of its kind for SaskTel - offering access to mindfulness and stress-reduction resources to help customers improve their overall wellbeing. The crown corporation par...
Nov 12, 2025

Young Battlefords entrepreneurs recognized in provincial bursary program
Two young business owners from the Battlefords are among 57 recipients recognized through Saskatchewan's new Young Entrepreneur Bursary Program, which aims to support the province's next generation of...
Nov 12, 2025

Affordability gap leaves Liberal budget with middling reviews: Leger poll
OTTAWA - New polling suggests Canadians had a lukewarm response to the federal budget released last week - leading one pollster to argue all parties should think twice before mounting an election camp...
Nov 12, 2025

Birdies Golf Lounge named Business of the Year at 2025 BBEX Awards
A North Battleford couple who turned a winter pastime into a community hub are celebrating a major honour.Birdies Golf Lounge - the indoor golf facility run by Clarissa and Darvin Scheidel - was named...
Nov 06, 2025

MP Rosemarie Falk calls new federal budget 'costly,' says it overlooks rural Sask.
Battlefords-Lloydminster-Meadow Lake MP Rosemarie Falk says the new federal budget will do little to make life more affordable for Canadians, calling it a "costly" plan that overlooks the realities of...
Nov 06, 2025
Budget shows Canada becoming more business-friendly, says Foran Mining
Leadership from the company that owns and is developing the McIlvenna Bay copper/zinc mine near Creighton say the federal budget tabled yesterday is good for their industry and general investor confid...
Nov 05, 2025

Champagne’s biggest test yet — selling a ‘generational’ budget to anxious Canadians
OTTAWA - As Prime Minister Mark Carney looks to sell Canadians on his first-ever budget - one that he's billed as containing both once-in-a generation capital spending projects and austerity measures ...
Nov 04, 2025

Townspeople of Duck Lake will make final name change decision
As the shock of hearing that the mayor and council of Duck Lake are taking proposals to rename the community wears off, Mayor Jason Anderson said that it will be up to community members to make the fi...
Nov 03, 2025

Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation takes gov’t to court over uranium project
The leadership of Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation (PBCN) alleges the provincial government failed to include them in an environmental assessment decision for a uranium project located within the Nation's...
Oct 31, 2025