Local Business

This province’s unemployment rate was 5.2 per cent in July of 2015 according to Statistics Canada. Numbers were calculated on a seasonally adjusted template. This was the lowest rate among the provinces and below the 6.8 per cent recorded nationally.

The total energy use by industries and households in Canada increased 2.1 per cent in 2013, following a 0.2 per cent gain the previous year. Greenhouse has (GHG) emissions rose 1.9 per cent in 2013 following a one per cent gain in 2012.

SaskPower has received yet another recognition for its efforts to advance carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies in the changing power generation landscape.

The transition of economic development services from the Estevan Chamber of Commerce to the City of Estevan appears to have gone quite smoothly.

The impact of the economic slowdown in Estevan can be seen in the drop in building permits so far this year. And while there was a slight increase in permits for June, the overall quantity and value of the permits are lower than in previous years.

Construction work is progressing on schedule at the transportation hub near Northgate, Sask. The hub is under the ownership of Ceres Global Ag Corp. with headquarters in Toronto. A 2.

Chamber membership emphasized by new director

There is no better way to exercise the proposal to buy locally than by visiting the local Farmers’ Market, said the market manager Patricia Thompson.

Despite coal-generation dropping in Canada, Premier Brad Wall stresses use of fossil fuels and carbon capture during official opening of CCTF

Facility will provide unique access for global scientists and engineers