Business & Economy

Businesses discuss the challenges they are facing during COVID

Business owners in the northeast came together and shared their worries, experiences and hopes for the future. Melfort Trade Alliance Chamber of Commerce (MTACC) held a meeting on Jan. 12 where the bu...

Jan 12, 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

Duffers Golf has successful first month, looking to grow the game in the northeast

The game of golf is a seasonal sport in Canada, or so it used to be until Duffers Golf came to town.The three-bay golf simulator with 100 courses opened in Melfort on Nov. 16 and hasn't looked back si...

Dec 23, 2021

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

You might pay more for turkey, but there isn’t a shortage

If you haven't picked up your turkey for Christmas supper yet, don't worry. There will be enough to go around. It may just cost a little more.Much like COVID-19 brought on panic buying of good likes L...

Dec 14, 2021