Saskatchewan’s growing oil reserves may push it ahead of Alberta as Canada’s energy king
While wages, jobs and profits are still rising, the growth rate is slowing
Premier Brad Wall and his Saskatchewan Party government narrowly avoided disaster last month, even though the province is enjoying boom times. They were shaken with a ghost from the past, in the form of a long-forgotten videotape of drunken Progressive Conservative party workers during the 1991 provincial election campaign.The 17-year-old video was discovered in the […]
Residents of Saskatchewan are going to have to get used to being in a “have province”
Economists continue to be optimistic because of a combination of positive factors
In his victory speech on election night, Nov. 7, Saskatchewan’s premier-designate, Brad Wall, borrowed a line from Monty Python’s Flying Circus, the popular British television show from the 1970s: “And now for something completely different,’’ quipped the 41-year-old leader of the Saskatchewan Party.Wall could be forgiven for his hubris, having defeated the 16-year-old New Democratic […]
By some strange twist of fate, Regina was home to not one but two major corporate takeovers this year. One involved a Saskatchewan icon, whose grain elevators used to dot the landscape like Prairie sentinels. The other involved a 51-year-old upstart; from humble beginnings, it became one of the most profitable steel companies in North […]
Shrinkage trend may be over
Saskatchewan has it all, and many across the West are sitting up and taking notice
But many say Ottawa’s investments won’t do much if the renewable fuels standard isn’t hiked