Business & Economy

Programs available for B.C. farmers to prepare for droughts

The B.C. government is bolstering supports to help farmers manage, collect and store water for crops and livestock.The province has invested $80 million into the Agricultural Water Infrastructure Prog...

Mar 18, 2024

How a first generation Sask. resident helped end summer fallow

Murad Al-Katib was born in Davidson, SK to Turkish immigrants. His father was the town doctor for 50 years and his mother went from learning English watching Sesame Street with her children to becomin...

Oct 20, 2023

Food and beverage sales peak over $80 billion in first half of 2023, Farm Credit Canada says

The first half of 2023 was kind for Canadian food manufacturers.That's according to Farm Credit Canada's (FCC) mid-year update on its Food and Beverage Report which compiled data collected by Statisti...

Sep 20, 2023

Canada's inflation rate jumps to 4 per cent, making the BoC's next rate decision harder

Canada's inflation rate has been rising for two consecutive months as underlying price pressures remain stubbornly high, a combination that makes the Bank of Canada's next interest rate decision more ...

Sep 19, 2023

Should the federal government be blamed for the rising food costs?

Food prices continue to remain high across the country, but who's to blame for this?There's been lots of finger-pointing with the federal government criticizing large retailers and the Retail Council ...

Sep 18, 2023

Tough summer for job numbers across P.A. & Northern Saskatchewan, ag sector hit hard

It was a tough summer for Prince Albert and Northern Saskatchewan when it came to new jobs.According to Statistics Canada, there were around 4,700 fewer people working in the region at the end of Augu...

Sep 08, 2023

Fertilizer Distribution Centre being planned in Tisdale

Tisdale will soon be home to a new fertilizer distribution centre.Genesis Fertilizers has partnered with Invest Tisdale to create the facility which would coincide with its urea production facility th...

Aug 21, 2023

Canadian Taxpayers Federation calls for cuts to gas and carbon taxes

As people in Saskatchewan try to squeeze as much as they can into the rest of summer, they're also having to stretch their wallets ever wider to pay for gas.That's why Gage Haubrich, the Canadian Taxp...

Aug 18, 2023

B.C. port workers ratify deal, ending long labour dispute

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's port workers have voted almost 75 per cent in favour of accepting a contract offer, ending weeks of turbulent job action that stopped billions of dollars' worth of goods...

Aug 05, 2023

B.C. port workers vote to reject mediated agreement

Port workers in British Columbia have voted to reject a mediated contract offer, extending job action that prevented billions in goods from moving for almost two weeks earlier this month.In a letter p...

Jul 29, 2023