The NDP’s finance critic is welcoming Friday’s announcement from the government about a business response unit being established as it was something they were calling for, but he is now asking for the Saskatchewan Party to go one step further. Trent Wotherspoon is asking the provincial government to rapidly expand support for small businesses and self-employed […]
Walmart Canada says it will hire 10,000 more employees to work in its stores and distribution centres as it deals with issues related to COVID-19. The company announced the jobs in a letter sent to customers from Walmart Canada CEO Horacio Barbeito, but did not provide details on where the jobs would be or whether […]
A survey of businesses taken by the Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce this week regarding COVID-19 are coming up with results that shouldn’t be considered surprising. These are some of the highlights: 85% of businesses that responded have felt a negative impact already, and 87% believe the challenges will continue for two months or longer. The […]
The future of the 2020 ‘Greatest Show on Earth’ is up in the air after the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede temporarily laid off 80 per cent of its staff Tuesday as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Stampede CEO Warren Connell said the organization had laid off a total of 890 workers — 608 […]
NDP leader Ryan Meili is in Moose Jaw Wednesday but he is not there for the curling. Meili went to the city to raise concerns about the SaskParty’s flawed procurement process which he says risks leaving Saskatchewan workers out in the cold once again when it comes to large projects like the SaskPower natural gas […]
Changes are coming to the Cornwall Centre. The mall has announced three new stores coming to the shopping centre this Spring, including Urban Planet in the upper portion of the old Sears location, Eclipse near the Source and Gong Cha Bubble Tea near Laura Secord. Ardene will also be moving to part of the lower Sears spot […]
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is pledging to help oilsands workers find new jobs outside the sector if his party forms government and implements its plan to combat climate change. His party’s climate change plan calls for cutting subsidies to oil and gas companies as a way to fuel the transition towards renewable energy sources — […]
This past week, the provincial government announced an investment close to $800,000 into the employment pathways program at the Regina Work Preparation Centre. The investment is aimed to assist potential job seekers who face barriers to employment, who are currently unemployed or underemployed with job readiness and basic skill development. This program will support 300 […]
Numbers released by Stats Canada Friday morning show over a 12-month period that the provincial unemployment rate has dropped by 1.5 percent. Those numbers show the unemployment rate in Saskatchewan sitting at 5.1 percent which is third lowest in the country with only Quebec and B.C having better numbers. Job growth in forestry, fishing, […]
