Tag Archives: Business & Economy
MLCN ratifies new business charter
A new agreement ratified last week by Montreal Lake Cree Nation (MLCN) chief and council will help create wealth and sovereignty for the community, according to the Chief Executive Officer of Montreal...
Jan 28, 2020 From left to right sitting: Montreal Lake Cree Nation (MLCN) Councillor Troy Naytowhow, MLCN Vice Chief Dean Henderson, MLCN Chief Frank Roberts, MLCN Councillor Stanley Bird, MLCN Councillor Eldon Henderson. Standing from left to right Montreal Lake Business Ventures (MLBV) Borden Wasyluk, MLCN Councillor Debbie Kasheep, MLBV Chairman Noland Henderson and MLBV Director Roger Bird. (submitted photo/ Robert Fincati)
Pineland Co-op delegates support amalgamation with Lake Country Co-op
The proposed merger between Pineland Co-op and Lake Country Co-op is one step closer.Pineland delegates voted unanimously Jan. 27 to approve the amalgamation.Pineland, based in Nipawin and Lake Countr...
Jan 28, 2020 (File photo/northeastNOW Staff)
Great Western's latest beer features honey from Tisdale area
Great Western Brewing Company in Saskatoon came out with its newest 'one-off batch' of beer just a couple months ago, and it features some local flavour.The Honey Brown Lager features honey from a bee...
Jan 28, 2020 (submitted photo/Great Western Brewing Company Ltd.)
Unifor, FCL representatives to meet in Saskatoon
The sides in the labour dispute at the Co-op refinery were to meet face to face Monday.During a rally outside the refinery, Scott Doherty - the executive assistant to Unifor national president Jerry D...
Jan 27, 2020 Scott Doherty, executive assistant to Unifor national president Jerry Dias, announces representatives of the union are to meet with Federated Co-operatives Limited CEO Scott Banda on Jan. 27, 2020. (Adriana Christianson/980 CJME)
New contract for P.A. mill workers but restart date still unknown
Calling it "a piece to the puzzle," the UNIFOR local membership in Prince Albert approved a new contract with the owners of the shuttered Paper Excellence mill. The contract will apply to those recall...
Jan 27, 2020 The Prince Albert mill has been closed since 2006 and was bought by Paper Excellence in 2011. (Glenn Hicks/paNOW Staff)
MTA gears up for Mardi Gras on Main event Feb. 29
The Melfort Trade Alliance is trying to bring a bit of New Orleans to the northeast.The MTA is hosting Mardi Gras on Main at the Historic Post Office in downtown Melfort.Promotion committee co-chair E...
Jan 27, 2020 The historic post office in Melfort will host Mardi Gras on Main Feb. 29. (Cam Lee/northeastNOW Staff)
P.A. rentals static but downtown demand is on rise
Overall, Prince Albert does not yet appear to be seeing private apartment vacancy rates decline and monthly rentals increase as they are in Saskatoon and the Battlefords. However, as the P.A. rental m...
Jan 27, 2020 Private apartment vacancy rates and monthly rental costs in Prince Albert are static but publicly-subsidized rentals are increasingly scarce. (zoeken.ca)
Chamber inducts new chair Harris Sutherland
It was a proud night for the Battlefords Chamber of Commerce.The local chamber inducted incoming chair Harris Sutherland during the 114th Annual Chair's Banquet Thursday. Sutherland takes over the pos...
Jan 24, 2020 Outgoing chair Dallan Oberg, right, passes the ceremonial gavel to incoming chair Harris Sutherland, left, during the Battlefords Chamber of Commerce Chair's Banquet Thursday. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Sask. man wins over $775K playing VLT machine
There was a lot of cheering and celebrating this week at Kostas Lounge in La Ronge, following news one of the customers received a massive payout from one of the VLT machines.The big win happened late...
Jan 24, 2020 (Facebook/ Kostas Lounge)
Alberta landowners urge farmers to cut power to wells with unpaid debts
A group of Alberta landowners is asking farmers and ranchers to fight back against unpaid debts and unreclaimed oil and gas wells by closing valves and cutting power to energy company sites. "The...
Jan 24, 2020