With a small population base that is extremely productive, Saskatchewan has become an extremely effective trader. After all, with our output and such a small domestic market we really have no choice but to find a home outside the province for our …
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New vehicle sales revving up
After more than a year of steadily declining sales of new cars and trucks, motor vehicle dealers in Saskatchewan now are enjoying a trend in the other direction. It has been three months since this reversal of fortune. In February, we saw …
Growth at Regina airport
Sometimes government just has to get out of the way. There’s new construction going on at the Regina International Airport – a hangar for private aircraft is being established by Saskatoon-based Kreos Aviation. The facility is comparable to one …
Sask job numbers improve
A strong labour market in Saskatchewan has more people looking for work. That’s just one element of the story contained in Friday’s monthly employment picture update. The StatsCan report says the province had its ninth consecutive increase …
Housing market catching up
Those in the residential real estate market these days are finding a tale of two cities. On one side, builders and those trying to sell properties are feeling the pinch of excess inventory and price pressure. On the other side, buyers are in …
10 Do’s And 10 Don’ts of Government Relations
Government relations is nerve-wracking and can be hazardous if you go about it the wrong way. That’s why so many organizations hire professional government relations firms. If you chose to do it yourself, here are a few quick tips on what to do and …
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2019 World Book Day
“A room without books is like a body without a soul.” – Marcus Cicero, Roman philosopher. We’ve all read at least one book in our lifetime. Maybe today is the day you either finish reading the one you have on the go or you pick up a new one to …
Polls lack accuracy
The Alberta provincial election, to no one’s surprise, saw the United Conservative Party roll to an easy win. The polls closed at 8 p.m., and by 8:26 p.m., the media called the election. In the final days leading up to the election, something …
Upbeat forecast for Sask economy
As the quarterly updates on economic expansion expectations continue to flow in from the major banks, we now have what is probably the most upbeat outlook to date. It comes from the economists at ScotiaBank. They see Saskatchewan’s …
New vehicle sales trending up
For the past year or 18 months, the trend on purchases of new motor vehicles in this province was definite. It was pointing downward. For the majority of that period, the number of new vehicles leaving dealer lots was running between 400 and 600 …
