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'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 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
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 p...
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 domestic pr...
Jun 01, 2022 (File photo/650 CKOM)
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
Colder May long weekend a hidden blessing for store changing hands
In 14 seasons of running her store, Sheila Purcell says she has never seen it snow over the May long weekend at Pike Lake Provincial Park. This May long, Purcell and her sister, Shirley Whiteside, are...
May 23, 2022 (left to right) New operators Sihan Wang and Jerry Qian stand alongside previous owners, sisters Sheila Purcell and Shirley Whiteside, at The Huddle in Pike Lake Provincial Park. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
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. "It's v...
May 23, 2022
U of R economist says recession could be on the way
With inflation driving prices higher all the time, there has been no shortage of money problems and a recession could be coming soon. That’s according to Jason Childs, an economist with the Univ...
Apr 21, 2022
Great Western Brewing expansion could begin summer 2022
At the corner of 2nd Avenue North and 26th Street East in Saskatoon's City Park neighbourhood is a 95-year-old brewery; the oldest and the last of its kind in Saskatchewan. Over the last century it's ...
Apr 18, 2022 (City of Saskatoon/Submitted)
Economist says CP Rail stoppage is 'horrible timing'
A Canadian economist says the work stoppage at Canadian Pacific Railway is an example of what happens when companies and labour groups have too much power. Fears of supply-chain issues are growing acr...
Mar 21, 2022
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