Murray Wood: Elbows down, taxpayer subsidies for U.S. flights up
Murray Wood wonders why it's OK for Saskatchewan to prop up air travel to the U.S. with taxpayer dollars, but it was wro...
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Memories abound as La Ronge business enters its final weeks
As the new year starts, a new chapter will start to unfold for a La Ronge-area business. Many of the employees at Robertson Trading worked their final shifts on Friday. After that, it'll just be owner...
Jan 02, 2024
Sask. government cutting costs of bureaucracy
The Government of Saskatchewan is celebrating another year of cutting back on bureaucracy. The province is touting savings of more than $688 million in fees and taxes over nearly 10 years for Saskatch...
Dec 27, 2023 The Parents' Bill of Rights was passed in the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly on Oct. 20, 2023. (980 CJME file photo)
Linamar Corp. makes deal to buy Bourgault Industries
By Alice McFarlane Bourgault Industries, of St. Brieux, Sask., will soon be under new ownership. Linamar Corporation announced it has reached an agreement to acquire Bourgault for $640 million. Bourga...
Dec 21, 2023
Cameco CEO touts trip to Dubai as success
Just like the Government of Saskatchewan, Cameco is also happy after a trip to an overseas climate conference. "It was a success. It turned out better than anticipated," Tim Gitzel, Cameco's president...
Dec 13, 2023 Cameco CEO Tim Gitzel speaks after awarding $1.8 million in community funding to various local organizations. (Shane Clausing/650 CKOM)
Lack of snow means slower start to season for ski hills, businesses
It's pretty rare that most of Saskatchewan has little to no snow on the ground on Nov. 23. But that's what the province is faced with right now, as Old Man Winter holds off a bit longer. The lack of s...
Nov 23, 2023
BHP commits $6.4 billion to Jansen potash mine
BHP is cutting another big cheque to further develop the Jansen potash project east of Saskatoon. The mining giant announced a $6.4-billion investment on Tuesday for the second stage of the project, w...
Oct 31, 2023
Saskatoon business leader Karl Miller remembered after fatal crash
The local business community is mourning a loss after an influential developer and his family were killed in a crash with a semi on Highway 41 near Aberdeen on Sunday night. The victims of the crash w...
Oct 17, 2023
Lawyer tells Gormley Sask. company has trademarked Bunny Hug
The term Bunny Hug is something you've probably heard all your life if you grew up in Saskatchewan. It's as common as saying "double double," "gotch," "darts," or "mickey. But recently, a Regina busin...
Oct 03, 2023 The popular Saskatchewan term Bunny Hug has been trademarked by a Regina based company
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)
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Sarah Mills: We need more 'regular guys' in the civic process
Standing in front of CEOs, lobbyists, advocates and others at a council meeting is not an exciting prospect, but Sarah M...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 30
Evan finds out what to do if you find space junk on your farm, analyzes the outrage over Ticketmaster prices and the fut...