Saskatchewan
Some in Saskatchewan have beef with A&W Beyond Meat ad featuring Roughrider fans
CFL team says it had nothing to do with the ad, but A&W had permission to film outside Mosaic Stadium in July.
Three Nutrien potash mines face short fall shutdown
Up to eight-week inventory shutdowns at Allan, Lanigan and Vanscoy starting in November.
Prairie provinces have no plans to put carbon tax stickers on pumps
Ontario has set Aug. 30 as a deadline for stations to have the stickers posted or face fines of up to $10,000 a day.
Mosaic lays off 350 workers as it idles Colonsay mine in Saskatchewan
52 workers to stay on to keep the operation on standby in case market conditions improve.
Ottawa opposing Saskatchewan’s move to have top court delay carbon tax case
Saskatchewan recently applied to have the top court push back its December hearing in order to better co-ordinate its challenge with ones from other provinces.
Ontario’s top court to rule on constitutionality of federal carbon tax
Doug Ford said if carbon tax opponents lose in the courts, they will win at the ballot box in October, as Andrew Scheer has promised to scrap the tax.
Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario criticize passage of federal environment bills
Bill C-48 and Bill C-69 passed in Senate, but still face opposition.
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Small business to get help on energy efficiency upgrades from carbon tax money
$1.4 billion over the next four years to help them cut their carbon-tax bills, but the CFIB says that’s not enough.
Saskatchewan lifts restrictions on interprovincial personal booze
Alberta, Nova Scotia and Manitoba have also eliminated restrictions on how much personal booze people can bring into those provinces.
Environmentalists welcome Sask. carbon ruling that affirms federal climate
The issue is likely to wind up before the Supreme Court.
Federal carbon tax ruled constitutional; Ottawa pressures premiers to get on board
Saskatchewan Court of Appeal ruled in a split decision.
Saskatchewan premier wants more action against China over canola
Scott Moe says farmers are ready to start putting seed in the ground and more action is needed from the federal government.
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Carbon tax starts coming to four provinces fighting federal plan
$20 a tonne this year, set to increase by $10 annually until it reaches $50 a tonne in April 2022.
Saskatchewan farmers want more federal action on China canola impasse
Association says China’s decision to restrict sales from Richardson International has negatively affected prices, created market uncertainty.
Saskatchewan’s Moe wants carbon tax delayed pending Appeal Court ruling
The province is challenging the federal government’s ability to levy such a charge.
