Business & Economy

Four Nipawin businesses recognized at ABEX Awards

Service, retail, heritage, and agriculture.Those are the four categories of the Nipawin and District Chamber of Commerce's ABEX Awards that were presented on Friday, Feb. 7 as part of the chamber's aw...

Feb 10, 2020 Nipawin Dental Centre received the service award during the Nipawin and District Chamber of Commerce's ABEX Awards Gala. (Facebook/Nipawin Dental Centre)

Ottawa launches consultations on Indigenous ownership of Trans Mountain pipeline

CALGARY - Finance Minister Bill Morneau says the federal government is launching a new set of consultations with Indigenous groups that will determine if and how they might take part in ownership...

Feb 10, 2020

Kenney sets sights on Democratic hopefuls aiming to block Keystone XL pipeline

WASHINGTON - Jason Kenney opted to join Ontario counterpart Doug Ford in the Democratic doghouse Saturday as the Alberta premier vented his spleen about progressive presidenti...

Feb 10, 2020

Older adult job training opens doors

The P.A. Mtis Women's Association is preparing to start the second year of a successful job training program for older adults. The 13-week provincially funded program is aimed at giving people aged 55...

Feb 07, 2020 Seventy-seven per cent of participants in the previous session of the older workers initiative at the P.A. Métis Women's Association found jobs through the program. (submitted photo/Bernadette Aubichon)

Sturgeon Lake First Nation urban reserve plans progress

Sturgeon Lake First Nation is one step closer to establishing an urban reserve in the city of P.A.At the most recent city council meeting on Jan. 27, Prince Albert's politicians approved a servicing a...

Feb 06, 2020 Sturgeon Lake First Nation wants to convert this strip mall beside Rona to an urban reserve. (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW Staff)

Let-Us Grow Hydroponics one year in Hudson Bay's former school

The old Stewart Hawke School in Hudson Bay is getting some good use.The town asked for bids for the building in late 2018, and in early 2019, they awarded it to 'Let-Us Grow Hydroponics'. The company ...

Feb 06, 2020 (Facebook/Let-Us Grow)

Another train derailment

A train has derailed near Guernsey, the second time in less than two months that a train has derailed in the area.Phillipe Gaudet from Humboldt used a drone to capture footage of the train wreck that ...

Feb 06, 2020 (Paul Huls/Facebook)

Battlefords chamber discusses the Power Hour, gives update at AGM

The Battlefords Chamber of Commerce has plenty of plans ahead for the year. The local organization gave a run-down of the past year's activities and projects, and an update on finances at its annual g...

Feb 05, 2020 The Battlefords Chamber of Commerce held its annual general meeting this week. (File photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)

P.A. man flips the switch on life, creates clothing brand

Prince Albert's Cody Demerais can recall the morning he woke up on the floor after a failed suicide attempt and realized he needed to make a change.That was nearly seven years ago and now the 25-year-...

Feb 05, 2020 Cody Demerais handles some of his merchandise at Limitless Gear Clothing and Apparel. (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)

P.A.'s newest hotel set to open

It's arrived about 15 months later than initially hoped, but Prince Albert's newest hotel, the $15 million Best Western Premier, welcomes its first guests tomorrow.The location on the south side of to...

Feb 05, 2020 The new Best Western Premier hotel will take its first guests Thursday. (Glenn Hicks/paNOW Staff)