Tag Archives: business

A group in Saskatoon is calling on business owners to start paying employees a living wage rather than the government mandated minimum wage. On Wednesday, a group called Living Wage Saskatoon authored...

Saskatoon fire crews raced to the scene of a blaze at the Micro Oil Inc. office in Saskatoon's West Industrial district Tuesday night. The call came from Avenue M South in just after 7 p.m. Smoke coul...

The Saskatchewan government has had to pay out about $12 million to an energy company for failing to deliver enough carbon dioxide from its carbon capture facility and the amount might go up. SaskPowe...

Saskatchewan driver's licences are getting an upgrade. On Thursday, SGI announced that Veridos Canada Inc. had been awarded a contract to produce the province's licences and ID cards. The cards will n...

Forty-six hourly employees have been permanently laid off from the Mosaic Potash Mine in Colonsay. The company's Sarah Fedorchuk confirmed the pink slips were handed out Monday. "We have great faith t...

Talks about the future of pipeline projects in Canada seem to be renewed and reenergized with a new majority government. Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall had recently expressed his hope that Justin Trud...

Saskatchewan farmers are almost finished harvest with 97 per cent of the crop in the bin -- up from 91 per cent last week.   According to Saskatchewan Agriculture's Weekly Crop Report, the five-y...

The business community is wondering what to expect under a new Liberal majority government, but one analyst says it likely won't change much in Saskatchewan.   Business analyst Paul Martin joined...

Harvest is nearly wrapped up, with 91 per cent of the 2015 crop now combined, slightly behind the five-year average of 93 per cent. Of the crops, 95 per cent of durum, 93 per cent of barley, 91 per ce...

The government of Saskatchewan is introducing new essential services legislation, after a few hiccups with previous law. Labour Relations Minister Don Morgan tabled amendments to The Saskatchewan Empl...