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Budget watchdog slashes economic growth projections, blames temporary factors
OTTAWA - Canada's budget watchdog says economic growth during the final quarter of 2019 will be "significantly weaker" than predicted in its fall report. In its latest report on near-term growth, the ...
The Canadian Press
Feb 13, 2020
Sask. taxpayers sinking millions into uranium mine cleanup
Saskatchewan taxpayers are looking at a massive bill as the provincial and federal governments battle it out over who is responsible for cleaning up an abandoned uranium mine. The Gunnar mine and mill...
Jun 04, 2019
Workers safe after fire at Allan potash mine
A fire at a potash mine southeast of Saskatoon saw dozens of workers stuck in refuge stations for several hours Tuesday. Nutrien spokesman Will Tigley told 650 CKOM that the blaze broke out sometime a...
CKOM News
May 14, 2019
The Allan potash mine is located just over 50 kilometres southeast of Saskatoon, Sask. (Nutrien)
Bill C-69 gets chilly reception from Sask. mining industry
A proposed bill aimed to change the way major resource projects are assessed and approved in Canada received a cool response from industry officials in Saskatoon on Thursday. Representatives from Came...
Brent Bosker
Apr 11, 2019
Rio Tinto set to ramp up activity at Star Diamond site
By Glenn Hicks Rio Tinto says it's too early to speculate on the long term viability of a proposed diamond project in the Forte la Corne forest 60 kilometres east of Prince Albert. The company also st...
paNOW
Dec 12, 2018
A trench-cutter sampling rig is part of the heavy equipment to be used by Rio Tinto this spring to help evaluate the diamond-bearing ore.submitted photo/Star Diamond Corporation
Province gives environmental approval to diamond mine project
If you can wait a while to propose, there's a chance you could be slipping a little piece of Saskatchewan onto that special someone's finger. The province announced Thursday a proposed diamond mine ha...
Oct 25, 2018
Workers do underground sampling at the site of the proposed Star-Orion South diamond mine, located about 65 km east of Prince Albert, Sask. (Star Diamond Corporation)
Sask. to see net job gain despite Nutrien cuts
After launching less than two months ago, Nutrien has announced plans to reshuffle jobs in Saskatoon in the coming weeks. Business analysts predicted job losses would follow once PotashCorp and Agrium...
Feb 16, 2018
'Light at the end of the tunnel' for uranium prices: analyst
A Saskatoon-based professor is voicing cautious optimism over the future of Cameco's mining operations just days after the company announced massive layoffs. The company said Wednesday it will tempora...
CKOM News
Nov 10, 2017
Located in Northern Saskatchewan, the McArthur River mine has an annual uranium production capacity of 18.7 million pounds U3O8. (Cameco)
Cameco CEO reassures workers, investors over mine closure
Cameco president and CEO Tim Gitzel faced questions from media and investors in a wide-ranging conference call early Thursday morning. The call came after the company announced Wednesday it was suspen...
Nov 09, 2017
A worker at Cameco’s uranium milling operation in Key Lake, Sask. (Cameco)
PotashCorp announces temporary layoffs at two mines
A pair of PotashCorp mines near Saskatoon will be temporarily shut down over the winter to allow the company to adjust its inventory. The company announced Wednesday that temporary layoffs would be is...
CKOM News
Sep 20, 2017
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