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The Days Inn recently opened its doors in Moose Jaw and will hire as many as 18 employees to manage the operation.

Maymont is now home to the Northwest Organic Community Mills Co-operative Ltd. which opened this summer.

A new Co-operators Insurance Group office was established in Melfort. The business has four employees.

Fred Shannon recently expanded Nevada Bob's Golf Inc. to include a new store in Regina's east end.

Regina's east end is also home to the new Holiday Inn Hotel and Suites.

Construction has begun on a new 6,500 square foot Watrous Co-op Agro Centre, which will be completed in October.

A positive quarterly profit forecast drove up company shares at the Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan The Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan, today generally referred to as PotashCorp, is a Canadian corporation based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan that is the world's largest producer of potash.

The company was created by the government of Saskatchewan in 1975.
 (PCS) in Saskatoon. Shares reached a six-year high after the report was released. For the second-quarter of trading, profits are anticipated to exceed $1 per share.

Swift Current hosted the Complementary Health Expo, which featured nearly 20 local businesses and individuals. Profiles and services were provided on each of the participating members and businesses.

The China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC CNPC China National Petroleum Corporation
CNPC Centro Nacional de la Productividad y la Calidad (Chile)
CNPC Commander, Navy Personnel Command
CNPC China National Philatelic Corporation (Chinese stamp authority) 
), the Petroleum Technology Research Centre (PTRC PTRC Protective Technology Research Centre (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
PTRC Petroleum Technology Research Center
PTRC Planning and Transport Research and Computation, Ltd.
) and the University of Regina History
Origins
In direct response to the award of the University of Saskatchewan to Saskatoon rather than Regina, the Methodist Church of Canada established Regina College in 1911 on College Avenue in Regina, Saskatchewan, starting with an enrollment of 27 students;
 agreed to a Memorandum of Understanding A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is a legal document describing a bilateral or multilateral agreement between parties. It expresses a convergence of will between the parties, indicating an intended common line of action and may not imply a legal commitment.  to pursue research interests and share technology to further the petroleum industry.

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Construction of Nipawin's new Pineland pine·land   also pine·lands
n.
A forested area in which pine trees predominate.
 Co-op Gas Bar/Convenience Store/Car Wash will be completed early this fall. Construction is estimated at $2.5 million.

A proposal to SaskPower may result in up to four wind turbines dotting Moosomin's landscape in the near future thanks to the Pipestone pipestone, hard, dull red or mottled pink-and-white clay stone, carved by Native Americans into pipes. Called calumets (see calumet) the pipes were used extensively in ceremonials.  Prairie Wind Power Project. Pipestone is a joint venture between the rural municipalities of Martin and Moosomin, and Gaia Power Inc. of Kingston, Ontario. The project will cost roughly $11 million.

Prince Albert will soon be home to a new $4.1 million Co-op Gas Bar/Convenience Store/Car Wash operation.

Approximately 120 United Kingdom truck drivers and their families are moving to Saskatoon and its surrounding area thanks to an initiative by the Yankee Group of Companies, Westcan Bulk Transport and Kindersley Transport trucking companies.

The Meadow Lake Oriented Strand Board Oriented strand board, or OSB, or waferboard, or Sterling board (UK), is an engineered wood product formed by layering strands (flakes) of wood in specific orientations.  facility recently opened and will employ 125 individuals and support another 125 employees indirectly.

In July, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC), previously known as the "Atomic Energy Control Board" (AECB), is best described as the nuclear energy and materials watchdog in Canada.  granted a decommissioning licence for Cluff Lake, which is owned and operated by AREVA subsidiary Cogema Resources. Following five years of environmental assessment, public discussions and regulatory review, the licence signals the first phase of efforts to return the Cluff Lake site to a natural state.

Swift Current's city and rural municipality partnership program, Action Swift Current, won an international award for "Outstanding Small Community Business Retention and Expansion Program" from the Business and Retention and Extension International organization. The award acknowledges efforts toward long-term economic development within a population of less than 50,000.
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