Murray Wood: Signs of spring appearing in Saskatchewan
Murray Wood says signs of spring were all over the place on the weekend, even though the forecast remains wintery for th...
Tag Archives: Economy
Bank of Canada raises key interest rate by 0.75 per cent
The cost to borrow money in Canada is getting more expensive. The Bank of Canada raised its benchmark lending rate by three-quarters of a percentage point to 3.25 per cent Wednesday morning. The move ...
Sep 07, 2022
Dropping gas prices slow inflation in July
Lower prices at the gas pumps slowed the pace of inflation across Canada for the first time in months. Statistics Canada reported on Tuesday the national inflation rate retreated to 7.6 per cent in Ju...
Aug 16, 2022
Saskatchewan has second-lowest unemployment rate among provinces
Saskatchewan has an unemployment rate of 4 per cent, the second lowest among all provinces. That's according to job numbers released Friday by Statistics Canada, which show more than 24,400 full-time ...
Aug 05, 2022
Small business owners lament utility rate hikes, NDP wants them walked back
With utility rates increasing in Saskatchewan on top of inflation, on top of two years of a pandemic, some small businesses are wondering if they can still make a go of it. Tim and Amy Weisgarber's bu...
Aug 04, 2022 Tim and Amy Weisgarber (C and R) are worried about keeping their businesses - Core Coffee and T+A Vintage - open as utility rates rise. The NDP's Aleana Young (L). Aug. 4, 2022 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
'Reality is starting to catch up to markets,' gas analyst says
Saskatchewan has seen a recent reprieve from the extremely high gas prices of mid-June, but Saskatoon is still better off than Regina and much of the western part of the country. Dan McTeague, a gas p...
Jul 30, 2022
U of R economist addresses latest inflation numbers
Canada's inflation rate jumped to its highest level in nearly 40 years in May, according to Statistics Canada. The agency said the consumer price index in May rose to 7.7 per cent, up from 6.8 per cen...
Jun 22, 2022
Fuel prices hitting small carriers hardest, trucking association says
Small trucking companies will be the ones feeling the pinch from Saskatchewan's record fuel prices. Susan Ewart, who leads the Saskatchewan Trucking Association, said smaller carriers will struggle wi...
Jun 09, 2022
Sask. economy to lead Canada in 2022, Conference Board projects
Saskatchewan and Alberta are expected to be economic drivers for the country this year. The Conference Board of Canada, an independent research organization, predicted Saskatchewan’s gross domes...
Jun 01, 2022
Gas analyst says high prices are not denting demand
Saskatchewan drivers are enduring more pain at the gas pumps. Gas prices hit another record in the province on Tuesday as some stations in Saskatoon and Regina began hiking prices to $1.95.9 per litre...
Jun 01, 2022
Saskatchewan ag minister glad about China dropping canola ban
Saskatchewan’s agriculture minister is happy two big grain companies finally have the option to ship canola to China. The ban on imports from Viterra and Richardson (JRI) was lifted Wednesday. &...
May 23, 2022
OPINION
Sarah Mills: Cancelled ferries on west coast put the short Saskatchewan commutes into perspective
Using the ferry system is a great way to enjoy BC from the water, but Sarah Mills says recent issues have had a big impa...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, April 7
8:30 - Today is Green Shirt Day, which falls one day after the eighth anniversary of the Humboldt Bus Crash. The anniver...