Murray Wood: Federal gun initiatives take aim at small business
Darryl Schemenauer is closing down his Regina gun store after 35 years, and he puts the blame squarely on the federal Li...
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Business is booming at the Regina Airport
That's according to CEO James Bogusz who said that passenger volumes have reached 90.5 per cent of pre-pandemic volumes as of August. Recently, the airport has reopened its main runway, which Bogusz s...
Sep 18, 2023 Regina International Airport. (980 CJME file photo)
Non-alcoholic beverage business fostered out of 25 years of friendship
Two best friends had a running joke between them that if they ever had a good business idea, they would pitch it to the other. Now, they are starting to introduce their non-alcoholic beverages into Re...
Aug 14, 2023 Nish Jain (left) and Liam Nystuen. (Submitted)
Moe wants B.C. port strike to end 'for the betterment of all Canadians'
Saskatchewan's premier is hoping the port strike two provinces away in B.C. will end soon. Speaking at the Council of the Federation premiers meeting Wednesday, Scott Moe said the impact of the strike...
Jul 13, 2023 Premier Scott Moe. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
City of Regina providing $18.6M in incentives, work to Viterra
It turns out the City of Regina is putting up a lot of cash and value for Viterra's planned canola crush facility north of the city. In 2021, Viterra bought more than 600 acres of land north of Regina...
Jul 12, 2023 Viterra Building in downtown Regina. (980 CJME)
Pitcher perfect: Saskatoon brewery preparing for expansion
A Saskatoon brewery is hopping to raise the bar and lower its carbon footprint while staying focused on its hyper-local appeal with a new expansion. Michael Brennan, president and CEO of Great Western...
May 12, 2023
TFI International to purchase Saskatoon-based Siemens Transportation Group
Siemens Transportation Group will be purchased by Montreal-based TFI International, pending approval from the federal government's Competition Bureau. An agreement for the sale was announced May 1, bu...
May 09, 2023
'Very welcome news,' cattlemen's association says on Japan lifting beef restriction
After 20 years, Canadian beef producers will have full access to the Japanese market. This will come as excellent news for Saskatchewan producers, according to Saskatchewan Cattlemen's Association CEO...
Mar 30, 2023 Cattle at the Canadian Western Agribition. (Logan Stein/980 CJME)
Cameco wins battle with taxman, CRA to refund company millions
A Saskatchewan mining company is finally seeing their efforts to fight the taxman payoff. Cameco announced on Monday the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is refunding the uranium producer $300 million rela...
Mar 27, 2023
SARM satisfied with funding increase in budget, other groups not as pleased
The Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) is pleased to see more money flowing to municipalities in the 2023-24 budget. The municipal revenue-sharing pool was increased from just ove...
Mar 23, 2023 Finance Minister Donna Harpauer and the 2023-24 provincial budget. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Saskatchewan gov't sees rail merger as opportunity
Saskatchewan's minister of agriculture is seeing opportunity in the recent approval of a move by Canadian Pacific Rail (CP Rail). The company's takeover of Kansas City Southern Railway has now been ap...
Mar 17, 2023 Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister Dave Marit speaks to the media in the rotunda of the legislative building on March 5, 2019. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
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Sarah Mills: The season of the zipper merge has returned
It sometimes feels like leaders in our cities and towns don't plan for construction very well, but Sarah Mills says the ...
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The Evan Bray Show - Monday, April 20
8:30 - Last week, the FSIN held its first general assembly since being told it needed to repay $29-million in federal fu...