UPDATE – On Day 46 of the lockout at the Co-Op refinery, Regina police have taken the national president of the union representing almost 700 workers at the facility into custody. Late Monday afternoon, police arrested Jerry Dias and several others. The move came as police tried to have the union respect a court injunction […]
A request by SaskPower to have volunteers get smart meters on their homes has worked so well that they are no longer accepting applications. The call for 2,000 free installations of commercial smart meters was made on Thursday with more than 1,500 applications being received Friday forcing the halt. In a release issued late Friday […]
The second round of auctions for available retail liquor store permits in Saskatchewan begins January 21 with bids closing on January 31. Communities included in the second round of auctions are the Rural Municipality (RM) of Blucher, Carlyle, RM of Corman Park, Esterhazy, Gull Lake, RM of Kindersley, Langham, RM of Longlaketon, Regina Beach, RM […]
The Carry The Kettle First Nation north of Montmartre is getting into the cannabis business. They’ve partnered with a B.C based indigenous company “Bloom” to create a new wholesale cannabis business on reserve land. The plan is to build the facility at the site of a former tree nursery. Chief Brady O’Watch says the business […]
A Regina judge has ruled Unifor members picketing outside the Co-Op refinery will have to abide by rules as they deal with traffic coming in and out of the facility. Justice Janet McMurtry heard from both Unifor and Federated Co-Op this week before deciding “the restriction of access to or exit from the said premises, shall […]
A lawyer for a Regina refinery in a labour dispute says a court-ordered injunction is the only relief against what it calls serious misconduct by the union on the picket lines. Eileen Libby says pickets with Unifor Local 594 have been blockading access to the Co-op refinery complex and intimidating contractors, suppliers and employees. More […]
OTTAWA — Justin Trudeau says he’s taking a lower-profile, more businesslike approach to being prime minister, having concluded that the focus on him and his lofty talk of values during his first mandate obscured his government’s concrete achievements on bread-and-butter issues. Trudeau’s new approach is a big departure for a leader who vaulted the Liberal party from […]
It will not be a Merry Christmas for the more than 250 workers employed by the Nutrien potash mine at Vanscoy. Nutrien is announcing that while it will re-open mines in Allan and Lanigan December 29, the Vanscoy operation will continue to be shut-down until at least the end of January. The mines were temporarily […]
The Federal Government is putting $240,000 into a program to help Saskatchewan businesses export their products. The Trade Accelerator Program gives business owners intensive practical training in how to navigate through the international rules and protocols needed to gain market access. The Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade Minister told a Saskatoon audience the […]
The Walmart store on Rochdale Boulevard in northwest Regina is still not open after a fire one week ago, with no timeline as to when the doors might open again. While there have been a lot of rumors as to when the store will re-open, Walmart Canada says an exact timeline can’t be given, as […]
