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Rio Tinto set to ramp up activity at Star Diamond site
By Glenn Hicks Rio Tinto says it's too early to speculate on the long term viability of a proposed diamond project in the Forte la Corne forest 60 kilometres east of Prince Albert. The company also st...
Dec 12, 2018 A trench-cutter sampling rig is part of the heavy equipment to be used by Rio Tinto this spring to help evaluate the diamond-bearing ore.submitted photo/Star Diamond Corporation
Moe to meet with Nutrien over head office concerns
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe will meet with executives from Nutrien to discuss the potash company's commitment to keeping its head office in the province. "I'll be getting an update on that, I'll be...
Dec 11, 2018 Nutrien's registered head office on First Avenue South
in Saskatoon. (nutrien.com)
Business group pleased with back-to-work legislation for postal workers
OTTAWA - A group representing Canadian businesses is praising the federal government for legislating postal employees back to work, saying it will help clear hefty backlogs of mail ahead of the busy h...
Nov 27, 2018
Mountain Equipment Co-op to open first store in Sask.
Outdoor enthusiasts will soon have another shopping option in Saskatchewan. Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC) announced plans Tuesday to open a 20,000 square foot store in Saskatoon's Midtown Plaza. It w...
Nov 20, 2018 A MEC storefront in Calgary (MEC.ca)
Picketers return to all entrances at Attridge Dr. plaza
A day after striking Co-op workers were moved away from entrances to a shopping centre off Attridge Drive to help other businesses in the plaza, UFCW 1400 is instructing them to surround the entrances...
Nov 07, 2018 Saskatoon Co-op workers picket outside Attridge Drive gas bar location on Nov. 6, 2018. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Bourgault Industries issues layoff notices
By Angie Rolheiser Layoff notices have been issued at Bourgault Industries in St. Brieux. The farming equipment manufacturer said in a news release that seven per cent of its workforce would be affect...
Nov 07, 2018 Bourgeault Industries headquarters in St. Brieux, Sask. (Bourgeault Industries/Facebook)
Saskatoon airport opens new parking lot
A new phase in the ongoing construction at the Saskatoon International Airport is complete. Airport CEO Stephen Maybury spoke with The Brent Loucks Show Monday, explaining that a new economy parking o...
Nov 05, 2018 (650 CKOM file photo)
Saskatoon Co-op workers go on strike
Workers at Saskatoon Co-op locations walked off the job Thursday morning. United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 1400, which represents the affected employees, issued strike notice earlier th...
Nov 01, 2018 Saskatoon Co-op workers picket outside the Stonebridge gas bar location on Nov. 1, 2018. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Province gives environmental approval to diamond mine project
If you can wait a while to propose, there's a chance you could be slipping a little piece of Saskatchewan onto that special someone's finger. The province announced Thursday a proposed diamond mine ha...
Oct 25, 2018 Workers do underground sampling at the site of the proposed Star-Orion South diamond mine, located about 65 km east of Prince Albert, Sask. (Star Diamond Corporation)
Superstore opens its first Saskatchewan liquor outlet
With a two-year moratorium on selling liquor permits now over in Saskatchewan, it looks like one of the country's biggest chains has already taken advantage of the new rules. The Real Canadian Superst...
Oct 09, 2018
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