Business & Economy

Unifor releases video on barricade north of Saskatoon

The union representing locked out Co-op Refinery workers has released a video on social media describing the motivation for it's latest labour dispute tactic - putting a fence around the Co-op cardloc...

Feb 15, 2020 Unifor members set up barricades around the entrances to the co-op cardlock, north of Saskatoon, just off highway 16 on Friday, February 14, 2020. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)

CN shuts down eastern rail network, FSIN and Hoback weigh in

Canadian National Railway Co. says it must shut down its entire train network in Eastern Canada due to protesters blockades.The company says that means stopping all transcontinental trains across its ...

Feb 13, 2020 (Canadian National Railway Company/Facebook)

SaskPower, electrical workers agree to new labour contract

Unionized electrical workers at SaskPower have a new contract with the company that takes them through to the end of 2022 and gives them a seven per cent wage increase spread out over six years.The Cr...

Feb 13, 2020 (Evan Radford/CJME News)

Alberta unloads crude-by-rail contracts signed under former NDP government

CALGARY - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says his government has unloaded crude-by-rail contracts signed under the previous NDP government, but details aren't being disclosed yet. His predecessor, Rache...

Feb 11, 2020

Ottawa launches consultations on Indigenous ownership of Trans Mountain pipeline

CALGARY - Finance Minister Bill Morneau says the federal government is launching a new set of consultations with Indigenous groups that will determine if and how they might take part in ownership...

Feb 10, 2020

Kenney sets sights on Democratic hopefuls aiming to block Keystone XL pipeline

WASHINGTON - Jason Kenney opted to join Ontario counterpart Doug Ford in the Democratic doghouse Saturday as the Alberta premier vented his spleen about progressive presidenti...

Feb 10, 2020

Another train derailment

A train has derailed near Guernsey, the second time in less than two months that a train has derailed in the area.Phillipe Gaudet from Humboldt used a drone to capture footage of the train wreck that ...

Feb 06, 2020 (Paul Huls/Facebook)

MLBEX nominations acknowledge business leaders

The annual Meadow Lake Business Excellence (MLBEX) awards are back. The Meadow Lake & District Chamber of Commerce is encouraging the community to recognize the hard work and talent of those who m...

Jan 31, 2020 (Submitted/Meadow Lake & District Chamber of Commerce Facebook)

Canadian oil producers prepared for temporary price slump as virus spreads

OTTAWA - Canada's energy industry is not overly alarmed as the new coronavirus coming out of China is taking a bite out of world oil prices. Brad Herald, a vice-president at the Canadian Association o...

Jan 29, 2020

Unifor, FCL representatives to meet in Saskatoon

The sides in the labour dispute at the Co-op refinery were to meet face to face Monday.During a rally outside the refinery, Scott Doherty - the executive assistant to Unifor national president Jerry D...

Jan 27, 2020 Scott Doherty, executive assistant to Unifor national president Jerry Dias, announces representatives of the union are to meet with Federated Co-operatives Limited CEO Scott Banda on Jan. 27, 2020. (Adriana Christianson/980 CJME)