The Moose Jaw Times Herald - Business

The Times-Herald online serialization of The Legend of Canada Jack

March 10th, 2009 - 4 h 00

HE DID not know what it was that had aroused him, but suddenly he was awake. The room was dark. He could hear the pounding of the engines and the wash of water from the paddlewheel. Now and then the boat trembled slightly. The Northcote was under...

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Luhning confronts mayor after he speaks to media at press conference

Febuary 6th, 2009 - 4 h 00

After Mayor Dale McBain spoke to the media at a press conference Friday to promote a "yes" vote on the upcoming multiplex referendum, a heated exchange took place between local elected officials. "It's disgusting, what's going on. It's...

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List of 81st annual Academy Award nominations is announced

January 22nd, 2009 - 4 h 00

Complete list of 81st annual Academy Award nominations announced Thursday: 1. Best Picture: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," "Frost/Nixon," "Milk," "The Reader," "Slumdog Millionaire." 2. Actor: Richard Jenkins, "The Visitor"; Frank...

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Price of gassing up is on the rise once again

January 8th, 2009 - 4 h 00

Moose Jaw - Expect gas prices to rise and keep rising into the summer. Moose Jaw's gas prices have held steady at 73.9 cents per litre for the past week but after other cities saw a jump earlier in the week, prices in the Friendly City went...

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Big year for Crowns

December 30th, 2008 - 4 h 00

Due to a strong Saskatchewan economy and growing population, Crown corporations are reporting an influx in the number of services being provided across the province. According to a news release issued Monday, SaskEnergy, SaskPower, SGI and...

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Saskatchewan retail sales up for August

October 29th, 2008 - 4 h 00

August was a very prosperous month for retail sales in Saskatchewan, according to a recent Statistics Canada trade report. For August, the province's retail sales totalled $1.27 billion. This was an 8.4 per increase over August 2007. This...

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Let's not get too overconfident about the economy

October 24th, 2008 - 4 h 00

A story earlier this week in the Times-Herald indicated that with the massive downturn in the global economy experts are saying there will be few places in Canada that will fare better in 2009 than Saskatchewan. In fact, these experts are...

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Doepker Industries to be named to Sask. Business Hall of Fame

October 4th, 2008 - 4 h 00

After 60 years in operation, Doepker Industries, which has a facility in Moose Jaw, will be named into the Saskatchewan Business Hall of Fame during the 2008 Achievement for Business Excellence (ABEX) Awards in Regina on Oct. 25. Saskatchewan...

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Sask. potash workers protest in downtown Saskatoon

August 23rd, 2008 - 4 h 00

SASKATOON - Striking potash miner Jim Smutts is prepared to keep walking the picket line when snow hits the ground if it means getting the paycheque he believes he deserves. Smutts joined about 100 other striking workers and their supporters at a...

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Apprenticeship programs appeal to SIAST students

August 21st, 2008 - 4 h 00

Industry trends are fuelling the popularity of SIAST's apprenticeship programs. "What it's a sign of is that industry has hired more apprentices because of the boom in construction and, to a lesser extent, manufacturing," said David Walls,...

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