Murray Wood: Saskatchewan is winning the race to the bottom on minimum wage
An increase is coming for Saskatchewan's minimum-wage earners this fall, but Murray Wood says it will ensure they contin...
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PotashCorp plans 3-week shutdown of 3 Sask. mines following latest financial report
Declining profits for PotashCorp of Saskatchewan (PCS) is forcing the company to suspend some operations in Saskatchewan and close a mine on the east coast. On Thursday, PCS reported a dip in share pr...
Oct 29, 2015
Sask. NDP grills government further on carbon capture payment, performance
It was another fierce day of questioning from Saskatchewan's NDP over SaskPower's carbon capture and storage facility and how it has been running. Opposition Leader Cam Broten and SaskPower critic Cat...
Oct 28, 2015
Living wage recommendation ‘unrealistic’: CFIB says
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...
Oct 28, 2015
Smoke and fire fill a business on Avenue M
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...
Oct 27, 2015
SaskPower pays out $12M to Cenovus for not providing captured carbon dioxide
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...
Oct 26, 2015
Sask. licences, ID cards getting facial recognition
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...
Oct 22, 2015
Mosaic lays off 46 employees in order to 'curtail production'
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...
Oct 22, 2015
New government puts pipeline talk in the spotlight at Regina luncheon
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...
Oct 22, 2015
Saskatchewan harvest 97% done
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...
Oct 22, 2015
Sask. businesses should see little impact from Liberal government: analyst
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...
Oct 21, 2015
OPINION
Sarah Mills: World Cup fun is becoming infectious
There is something special about watching your country play at the World Cup. Sarah Mills says the collective experience...
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