Local Business

It was a concept that took root eight years ago and it has borne financial fruit for the Estevan United Way campaign ever since.

The Saskatchewan Trade and Export Partnership (STEP) recently announced the finalists for their 2016 Exporter of the Year Award. The winner will be announced at the STEP Trade Conference on Oct.

Premier Brad Wall has issued a statement expressing his strong disapproval of the federal government’s Oct. 3 proposal to implement a pan-Canadian carbon price of $10 per tonne in 2018, eventually reaching $50 per tonne by 2022.

The information flowed fast and freely for the benefit of about two dozen local business men and women attending the Saskatchewan Trade and Export Partnership (STEP) seminar in Estevan on Sept. 28.

In what is being termed as one of the biggest financial transactions in Estevan’s history, Tundra Energy Marketing Ltd. (TEML), a subsidiary of James Richardson & Sons Ltd.

Enbridge Inc. announced on Thursday evening that an affiliate of Enbridge Income Fund Holdings Inc. has reached an agreement with Tundra Energy Marketing Ltd. (TEML) for the sale of liquids pipelines assets in the South Prairie Region.

Affinity Place was once again a centre of commerce and business in its own right, being the location of the Estevan Chamber of Commerces’s 2016 Showcase Business Expo from Sept. 23-25.

A donation from the Affinity Credit Union’s District Council 12 Fund will help the Souris Valley Museum’s building west of Estevan to remain open on a year-round basis, possibly as early as next year.

SaskPower continues to work through their issues surrounding legal entanglements with SNC Lavalin associated with the Boundary Dam Unit 3, carbon capture construction contracts.

Although bankruptcy is never comfortable dinner table conversation, it was the topic at a recent luncheon put on by the Estevan Chamber of Commerce. The event was an informational talk, in support members of the local business community.