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Young entrepreneur ready to take on cannabis retail
A 23-year-old Saskatoon woman has never run a business before, but next month she'll be one of the first in the province to enter the cannabis retail industry. Cierra Sieben-Chuback, a recent graduate...
Sep 20, 2018
Allegations of shady practices pile up against Ticketmaster
Just as Ticketmaster faces a class-action lawsuit alleging shady business practices, a bombshell investigative report has added allegations that the company actively colludes with scalpers to fleece t...
Sep 20, 2018 Ticketmaster Entertainment, Inc. is a ticket sales and distribution company based in Beverly Hills, California with operations around the world. (Ticketmaster)
Cannabis retailer holds job fair in Saskatoon
One of the country's biggest marijuana companies is coming to Saskatchewan. A subsidiary of Canopy, Ontario-based Tweed has been shopping for employees this week to operate shops that will be opening ...
Sep 14, 2018 Canopy Growth Corp. held a job fair for its Tweed cannabis stores on Sept. 13 at Saskatoon's Delta Bessborough Hotel. (Bryn Levy/650 CKOM)
Three Canadian cities among top 10 most liveable globally in EIU ranking
TORONTO - Calgary, Vancouver, and Toronto have ranked among the top ten most liveable cities in the world in the latest ranking by the Economist Intelligence Unit. Vienna took the top spot in the annu...
Aug 14, 2018
Canadian ticket-selling site bought by American company
A ticket and event company that got its start in Saskatoon has been bought by a U.S. firm. Picatic, an online platform for event ticketing and registration was bought by San Francisco-based Eventbrite...
Aug 09, 2018 Picatic, an online ticket retailer originally founded in Saskatoon, has been bought by San Francisco-based Eventbrite. (Picatic)
Nutrien lays off employees at Vanscoy mine
Nutrien has announced a round of layoffs at its Vanscoy potash mine. In a release issued Wednesday morning, the company said it was eliminating 30 staff and 50 hourly positions from the site, located ...
Aug 01, 2018
Humboldt Broncos grain bagger sweeps up Ag in Motion
Hundreds of pieces of machinery could be found throughout the over 320 sprawling acres of the Ag in Motion farm show grounds this week, but one grain bagger stood out from the rest Thursday. It wasn't...
Jul 20, 2018 Flaman Group of Companies and Pro Grain Equipment partnered to sell a grain bagger at the 2018 Ag in Motion farm show, with all proceeds to benefit an injurred Humboldt Bronco. (Keenan Sorokan/650 CKOM)
Closing time: Sutherland Bar to close after 100-plus years
One of Saskatoon's most beloved watering holes will soon be closing its doors. After more than 100 years of serving cold beer to its patrons, The Sutherland Bar on Central Avenue will toast its last d...
Jul 19, 2018 The Sutherland Bar is slated to close its doors in October after over 100 years in business. (Sutherland Bar/Facebook)
Ag in Motion attracts international firms to Sask.
Business drawn to Ag in Motion near Langham this week could mean long-term economic benefits for Saskatoon. The Saskatoon Regional Economic Development Authority (SREDA) is continuing a program to rec...
Jul 17, 2018 The annual Ag in Motion outdoor farming show is held near Langham, west of Saskatoon. (Ag in Motion/Twitter)
Variable rate mortgages increase while house prices decline
People with variable-rate mortgages are seeing their monthly payments go up thanks to another hike to the Bank of Canada's benchmark interest rate. Regina Mortgage Broker Carrie Cardinal said the 0.25...
Jul 12, 2018
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