It has been 11 months since Christine Ilott lost her job in live theatre when the pandemic forced closures in the entertainment industry. The Toronto-area woman has unsuccessfully hunted for work since, relying on the Canada Emergency Response Benefit and its successor the Canada Recovery Benefit to pay her bills. In the summer, with the […]
New unemployment numbers from Stats Canada released Friday shows Saskatchewan sitting with the lowest rate in the country. The numbers show Saskatchewan sitting with a number of 7.2 percent which is well below the national rate of 9.4 percent. Saskatchewan’s seasonally adjusted employment grew by 2,200 jobs (+0.4 per cent) on a month-to-month basis In […]
The parliamentary budget officer says the federal government could lose out on $260 million from a simplified federal tax measure to let Canadians write off working from home due to the pandemic. Workers who have been able to do their jobs remotely have been asked to do so since the spring as part of public […]
WestJet Airlines Ltd. says about 1,000 employees will be furloughed, temporarily laid off, put on unpaid leave or have their hours cut in the wake of new travel rules from the federal government. The airline also says it will cut about 30 per cent of its capacity for February and March and pull 160 domestic […]
With casinos having to close their doors effective Saturday under new public health orders issued this week, it means major layoffs are happening at both Casino Regina and Casino Moose Jaw. The Saskatchewan Gaming Corporation says 327 people (238 unionized and 89 non-union) at the two establishments are being laid off as of Monday. These […]
A group of 34 business organizations in Saskatchewan including the Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce, the Saskatchewan Hotel and Hospitality Association, Economic Development Regina and the Chamber of Commerce in many provincial municipalities are thanking the government. One of those 34 is the Regina and District Chamber of Commerce. CEO John Hopkins says there was a […]
Saskatchewan’s NDP leader took his election campaign to Moose Jaw Wednesday afternoon. Ryan Meili used the occasion to address project procurement saying businesses and workers from Saskatchewan would no longer be shut out from projects if he is elected as Premier October 26. Meili used a power station being built in Moose Jaw is prime […]
Mayor Michael Fougere is hoping the federal government can help the city out in this week’s throne speech. Fougere has written a letter to Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland asking for the federal government to locate the proposed Canada Water Agency headquarters in Regina. Fougere says Regina is perfectly positioned in the […]
Statistics Canada says the economy added nearly one million jobs in June as businesses forced closed by the pandemic began to reopen. The agency says 953,000 jobs were added last month, including 488,000 full-time and 465,000 part-time positions. Saskatchewan saw an increase of 30,300 jobs (seasonally adjusted), or 6.0 per cent, in June compared to […]
WestJet Airlines Ltd. says it will permanently lay off 3,333 employees as part of a major restructuring amid the coronavirus pandemic that has devastated the travel industry. The company plans to consolidate call centre activity in Alberta, restructure its office and management staff and contract out operations at all but four of the 38 Canadian […]
