Business & Economy

Small business confidence in Saskatchewan drops in January: CFIB

Small business owners in Saskatchewan are feeling less optimistic despite potential changes to Saskatchewan's COVID-19 rules.This comes from the latest Business Barometer from the Canadian Federation ...

Jan 31, 2022

Local business owners, economists worried following latest inflation report

Some staggering inflation numbers were released earlier this week, and some are worried about how big the impact will be.In its monthly report released Wednesday, Statistics Canada showed the Consumer...

Jan 20, 2022

CPCA tentative schedule features Prince Albert, Meadow Lake, Battlefords

The Canadian Professional Chuckwagon Association is preparing for the 2022 season, with a tentative schedule in place.Barring changes, the CPCA tour begins in Prince Albert from June 3-5. Competition ...

Jan 18, 2022

Saskatchewan sets housing sales record in 2021

The weather may have been cold to end 2021, but housing sales were red hot in Saskatchewan.The Saskatchewan Realtors Association (SRA) released its December stats Thursday, which included the yearly r...

Jan 07, 2022

Sask. housing market sees historically low inventory levels for December

The housing market in Saskatchewan is looking at low inventory levels, which is putting pressure on housing prices.According to Chris Gurette, CEO of the Saskatchewan Realtors Association, these trend...

Dec 23, 2021

Local wood product manufacturer benefits from strong growth in Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan continues to have one of the top performing economies in the country.Manufacturing sales increased 53 per cent between October 2020 and October 2021, which is the highest year-over-year i...

Dec 21, 2021

Saskatchewan manufacturing sales see big growth in 2021

Saskatchewan is reporting the highest year-over-year manufacturing sales increase across Canada, according to new data from Statistics Canada.Saskatchewan saw a manufacturing sales increase of 52.9 pe...

Dec 21, 2021

SGI announces rate changes to begin in the spring

The majority of SGI customers will see rate changes come into play starting in April.SGI announced Monday the plants to start implementing revenue-neutral rebalancing of Auto Fund rates.It's expected ...

Dec 21, 2021

SaskPower keeps carbon tax rate steady for 2022

SaskPower is giving its customers a break on the federal carbon tax.In a media release Wednesday, the Crown corporation announced its customers will pay the same carbon tax rate as they did in 2021 - ...

Dec 15, 2021

Statistics Canada says annual inflation rate in November held steady at 4.7 per cent

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the annual pace of inflation held steady in November as the consumer price index rose 4.7 per cent compared with a year ago.The result matched the year-over-year increa...

Dec 15, 2021