Tag Archives: Business & Economy
121 Saskatchewan employees part of WestJet layoffs
WestJet has laid off 121 employees in Saskatchewan as the airline deals with the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.The airline announced on Wednesday that 3,333 employees would be laid off across the c...
Jun 26, 2020
Alberta probe into foreign funding of anti-oil groups extended to October
EDMONTON - Alberta's public inquiry into whether foreign money is bankrolling anti-oil protests in Canada is going into overtime. Energy Minister Sonya Savage says the initial findings from ...
Jun 25, 2020
WestJet to lay off more than 3,300 workers under restructuring plan
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 conso...
Jun 25, 2020
Cineplex, Landmark Cinemas to reopen their doors in Saskatchewan July 3
Sonic The Hedgehog, Jumanji, and Birds of Prey characters will all be waiting inside movie theatres next Friday, three months after both Cineplex and Landmark Cinemas had to close their doors.While mo...
Jun 25, 2020
Alberta reinstating environmental monitoring in industry, oilpatch on July 15
EDMONTON - Alberta industries, including the oilpatch, will resume environmental monitoring and reporting in three weeks. The Alberta government and its energy regulator have each issued ord...
Jun 23, 2020
Unifor members ratify refinery deal
It took 196 days locked out and the vote of 730 workers but finally the deal is done.Unifor Local 594 members have ratified a tentative agreement with the Co-op refinery.In a news release, the union w...
Jun 22, 2020
Co-op, Unifor reaches tentative agreement after 196 day lockout
It appears the lengthy, bitter dispute between Unifor 594 and the Co-op Refinery has come to an end.The Co-op Refinery Complex announced that a tentative deal has been reached with Unifor 594 in a new...
Jun 18, 2020
‘Do your part’: Sask. Chamber CEO to employees choosing CERB over returning to work
The CEO of the Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce says too many people in the province are choosing to stay home and live off the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB), rather than return to work.Ste...
Jun 18, 2020
JA Digital Campus Launches in Saskatchewan
Students across Saskatchewan will have access to financial literacy courses through a digital campus.Now until June 30, and starting again in September, Junior Achievement (JA) in Saskatchewan and Inn...
Jun 17, 2020
Forty-four per cent of closed businesses in Saskatchewan might never open
Saskatchewan is above the national average of 32 per cent when it comes to business owners being uncertain about whether they will be able to reopen or not.According to the Saskatoon Chamber of Commer...
Jun 16, 2020