Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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Saskatchewan added 3,200 jobs in February, unemployment unchanged
Saskatchewan is taking care of business. The province added 3,200 full-time jobs in February, according to Statistics Canada data released Friday. Meanwhile, the provincial unemployment rate remained ...
Mar 10, 2023
Bank of Canada holds key interest rate at 4.5 per cent
The Bank of Canada held its key interest rate steady at 4.5 per cent Wednesday. The decision to maintain the rate followed eight consecutive rate hikes. At the start of the year, the bank announced it...
Mar 08, 2023
Northern Sask. flight company says demand overwhelming amid pilot shortage
Barry O'Brien spent last summer flying solo as the only full-time pilot at his own company. As the owner and operator of Voyage Air, O'Brien said he'd like to employ four full-time pilots in addition ...
Feb 23, 2023 (Transportation Safety Board)
Mining company makes million-dollar investment into women in trades
A Saskatoon-based uranium mining company is investing heavily into the future of women in trades. Jim Corman, Orano Canada's president and CEO, announced Tuesday a donation of $1 million to Saskatchew...
Feb 15, 2023 Kyra Stefanek is now a second-year apprentice residential carpenter after being a student in the WITT program at Saskatchewan Polytechnic. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
Agri-food exports reach $18.4B, setting third consecutive record
Saskatchewan's agricultural exports reached new highs in 2022, setting a record for the third consecutive year. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Saskatchewan's agri-food exports totalled $18....
Feb 08, 2023
Pilot shortage, charter closure could devastate Saskatchewan outfitters
Outfitters in Saskatchewan say a shortage of pilots has business owners worried about how they'll get supplies and customers to their lodges this season. New Canadian aviation regulations, which came ...
Feb 08, 2023 (Osprey Wings/Submitted)
Evraz blames unfair steel imports for upcoming layoffs
Evraz says “unfairly traded imports” are behind its decision to lay off employees, including about 120 workers at the company’s steel mill in Regina. In a two-paragraph statement ema...
Jan 30, 2023
Where do we go from here? U of R economist weighs in on rate hikes
On Wednesday, the Bank of Canada raised its interest rate for the eighth time in less than a year. It went up 25 basis points - or a quarter of a percentage point - to 4.5 per cent. That was the small...
Jan 28, 2023
Bank of Canada hikes interest rate to 4.5%, highest mark since 2007
Canada's key interest rate has risen for an eighth straight month. The Bank of Canada on Wednesday announced it had raised the rate by a quarter of a percentage point to 4.5 per cent, its highest mark...
Jan 25, 2023
Saskatoon economic forecast strong, but labour shortages present growing pains
Saskatoon's economic growth forecast is sunny heading into next year, but that growth doesn't come without pains. The Conference Board of Canada is predicting that Saskatoon's economy will lead the na...
Oct 21, 2022 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
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