Tag Archives: Economy

A feat of ingenuity is creating what could be the province's next major resource thanks to a plant and technology — the first of its kind being developed right here in Saskatchewan. The foundati...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...