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Rent reject: Low rental vacancy in Sask. pushing people out
Tammy Remando has until August to find a new place for her and her two cats to live -- preferably for $800 a month or less. Remando, 54, can't afford much else. She can't work because of various healt...
Feb 20, 2024 Tammy Remando lives on Confederation Drive but says she will have to move this year because her rent is increasing more than what she can afford. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
Sask. unemployment rate drops to 4.7 per cent as province adds jobs
Saskatchewan's unemployment rate dropped to 4.7 per cent in January. The province's unemployment rate dropped from five per cent in December thanks to the addition of 12,900 new jobs last month, compa...
Feb 09, 2024 Saskatchewan's unemployment rate was a full point below the national rate in January. (650 CKOM file photo)
Poaching health-care workers, travel nurses among topics at premiers' meeting
One of Saskatchewan's moves to bring more health-care workers into the province is being put to an end by an agreement between premiers. Premier Scott Moe and Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston spoke wit...
Nov 07, 2023
Saskatoon, Regina rank lowest on national rent report
Rent in Canada is climbing, but Saskatoon and Regina are still among the cheapest cities for renters. In the National Rent Report, released by Rentals.ca and the real estate research firm Urbannation,...
Sep 14, 2023 Saskatoon and Regina are still among the cheapest cities for renters, according to a national report. (650 CKOM file photo)
Realtors association says July home sales up 9% from 2022 levels
Like the temperatures, the housing market in Saskatchewan heated up in July. According to the Saskatchewan Realtors Association, there were 1,560 homes sold in the province in July, a year-over-year i...
Aug 03, 2023
Extra services needed from government to help fill vacant units: Advocate
A homelessness advocate is saying there’s nothing to smile about seeing many vacant government units across the province, but she’s still trying to find hope considering the circumstances....
Jul 26, 2023
Province supports STC homeless outreach project with $350,000 grant
The provincial government is continuing its support for a homeless outreach program in Saskatoon. On Wednesday, the government announced a new grant of $350,000 for the Sawyihtotn Project, which is ad...
Jun 28, 2023 Saskatoon Tribal Chief Mark Arcand at the grand opening of a new women's transitional housing building in Saskatoon on April 14, 2023. (Dulce Abela/650 CKOM)
Eight new affordable housing units open in Saskatoon
Eight new affordable homes opened in Saskatoon on Thursday to provide a safe place for 10 people with intellectual disabilities or mental health challenges to live independently. The brand-new homes a...
Jun 22, 2023 Gene Makowsky, Saskatchewan's social services minister. (650 CKOM file photo)
Mortgage payments expected to increase after interest rate hike
The future of the housing market is looking bleak for many after the Bank of Canada raised interest rates by 25 basis points to 4.75 per cent on Wednesday. Jason Childs, an economics professor at the ...
Jun 08, 2023 (650 CKOM file photo)
Singh returns to Sask. to speak on Indigenous issues
The federal NDP leader visited Saskatchewan for the second time in just over a month to discuss issues of importance to Indigenous communities and leaders. On Wednesday, the Federation of Sovereign In...
May 24, 2023 Jagmeet Singh speaks at the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations Legislative Assembly in North Battleford on May 24, 2023. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
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