Statistics Canada says the economy grew at a record annualized pace of 40.5 per cent in the third quarter as businesses came out of COVID-19 lockdowns. The previous record for quarterly growth in real gross domestic product was 13.2 per cent in the first quarter 1965, the agency says. As historic as the rebound was, […]
Some support is coming in from organizations in Saskatchewan following the government’s expanded COVID-19 measures announced on Wednesday afternoon. Following the announcement, the Regina and District Chamber of Commerce said they support the province’s expanded guidelines, including their decision to not completely close down the economy like what has happened in other provinces. John Hopkins, […]
The Canadian Federation of Independent Business has asked the federal government to hold Canada Pension Plan premiums at current levels next year when they’re scheduled to rise. The national lobby group for small and mid-sized businesses says that higher CPP rates will be a financial burden to both employers and employees as they struggle with […]
The province indicated Tuesday it doesn’t want to go into a second lockdown, but the NDP says doing that for three weeks would be the best course of action to take. Speaking at the Legislature Wednesday morning, leader Ryan Meili called for the government to take a number of measures including closing non-essential business and […]
TC Energy Corporation has signed an agreement with Natural Law Energy allowing NLE to make an equity investment of up to $1 billion in the Keystone XL Pipeline project. NLE is an alliance of Indigenous Nations in Treaties 4, 6, and 7 territories, stretching from Alberta to Manitoba, encompassing much of Southern Saskatchewan. The first […]
With COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan continuing to go up at a high rate, the province is enacting more public health measures that take effect Thursday and will be in place until December 17 when they will be reviewed by the province’s chief medical health officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab. After saying last week that only certain […]
It’s a tough day for the Regina YMCA. CEO Steve Compton is releasing a letter which says a tough decision has been made to permanently close the downtown location as well as the one in the east end. As the letter states, […]
A group of 34 business organizations in Saskatchewan including the Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce, the Saskatchewan Hotel and Hospitality Association, Economic Development Regina and the Chamber of Commerce in many provincial municipalities are thanking the government. One of those 34 is the Regina and District Chamber of Commerce. CEO John Hopkins says there was a […]
New measures have been announced by the province as we continue to fight a high amount of COVID-19 cases. The measures are in place until December 4 As of Monday, mandatory masking in indoor places will occur in all Saskatchewan communities with a population of more than 5,000. This includes the censuses metropolitan areas – […]
Regina will have a definite new look at City Hall when council meets later this month after Monday night’s election. Five new councillors and a new mayor will give a fresh new look on things, but the group won’t have a lot of time to slowly get used to the work in front of them. […]
