Putin wants ‘unfriendly countries’ to pay rubles for gas

MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin announced Wednesday that Russia will demand that “unfriendly” countries pay for Russian natural gas exports only in rubles from now on. Putin told a meeting with government officials that “a number of Western countries made...

Sask Budget 2023: Rising resource revenue has big impact

REGINA – In the years after the oil downturn hit in late 2014, the deficit hole in the Saskatchewan budget was typically almost exactly the equal to the decline from previous oil revenues. And now that hole is closing. That’s apparent in the 2022-23 budget tabled by...