Tag Archives: Business & Economy

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

Developer announces plans to build Hyatt in The Yard
A third hotel is planned for Prince Albert's new Yard district. In an email sent to paNOW, the developer said he plans to start construction this spring."We are pleased to bring a brand-new Hyatt dual...
Nov 07, 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

Nipawin considers Creek and Riverside Development bylaw
The Town of Nipawin is pondering a bylaw that would help define any potential development along the riverbank and creek. Chief Administrative Officer Michele Sorensen said the bylaw establishes clear ...
Oct 31, 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
Bunge takeover brings 'new life' to North West Terminal, Unity mayor says
Born from a farmer co-operative vision in the early 1990s, North West Terminal (NWT) grew into one of Western Canada's largest independent grain facilities. Now, nearly 30 years later, its story enter...
Oct 30, 2025