affordability

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Canadian events set to mark Oct. 7 anniversary Ceremonies, events and protests are being held across Canada today to mark the anniversary of a Hamas attack on Israel that triggered the ongoing war in Gaza. The Oct. 7, […]

The first weekend of the official provincial election campaign period saw the parties’ political activity scaled down, but only by a notch. Saturday saw both the Sask Party and NDP leaders campaigning in Moose Jaw, considered an electoral battleground this election season. There, both campaigns reiterated familiar themes. At a Sask Party event with Moose Jaw candidates, Scott […]

REGINA – Tuesday morning, Scott Moe is scheduled to make the provincial election call – officially – for October 28. Monday, Moe posted on the X platform that he would ask Lieutenant Governor Russ Mirasty to dissolve the Legislature the next day,  “Tomorrow, the 2024 election campaign will officially begin,” he posted. “The choice in this election […]

Canada’s premiers are wrapping up the summer meeting of the Council of the Federation today. The premiers of the 10 provinces and three territories have been in Halifax for their three-day gathering hosted by Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston. A statement from the premiers says key priorities that have been discussed include housing, affordability and […]

Canada’s premiers will be in Halifax today to begin three days of scheduled meetings in Nova Scotia’s capital. Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston, who is the current chair of the Council of the Federation, is hosting the event in the city’s downtown core. Houston told reporters after a cabinet meeting Thursday that premiers will be […]

As one province pauses the gas tax to provide savings at the pumps, another is bringing it back.  The Manitoba government says that starting Monday, motorists won’t have to pay 14 cents per litre in fuel tax for the next six months. The province has said it introduced the measure to help motorists with inflation. […]

Food prices will keep rising in 2024, though at a slower pace, according to the latest Food Price Report. The 14th annual report by Dalhousie University, the University of British Columbia, the University of Guelph and the University of Saskatchewan predicted that food prices will rise between 2.5 per cent and 4.5 per cent next year as […]

The inflation rate slowed to 3.1 per cent on a year-over-year basis, down from 3.8 per cent in September, as the price of gasoline fell, Statistics Canada said Tuesday. The agency said the price drivers paid for gasoline in October fell 7.8 per cent from a year earlier compared with a 7.5 per cent increase […]

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was at the Sherwood Co-op in Regina to highlight their grocery rebate and other affordability measures from its 2023 budget. “The rising cost of living has been made worse in recent years by the pandemic and Russia’s illegal war in Ukraine. Even though analysts are predicting good news as inflation is […]

When your power bill rolls in at the end of April, you will need to dig a little deeper in your wallet to pay it. The Saskatchewan Rate Review Panel has signed off on the 4 percent increase to go into effect April 1st. Sask Power had applied for this increase last year, but the […]