Cameco

Cameco Corp. is in a position to grow, the president of the Saskatoon-based Uranium giant recently told investors, because a “geopolitical crisis has hit our market” with Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Operating since the 1980s, the company asked for its third extension past its original contract on Wednesday, while members of a nearby First Nation raised numerous concerns about what that would mean for their community.

The economic aftershocks of the Fukushima nuclear disaster are striking home for Canadians in the mines of northern Saskatchewan.

Cameco is accused of dodging $2.1 billion by using offshore tax havens in Switzerland and Barbados

About 500 jobs will be lost at the Cameco mine and another 85 at the company's U.S. operations.