Your co-worker in a neighbouring office once a year visits an impoverished village in a foreign country to help rebuild decaying schools and homes.To you, it’s heartwarming and unique story. But to a journalist, there’s so much more. No doubt, …
Start Your Check book – It’s Home Renovation Season
A new survey on the outlook for the home renovation season has uncovered an interesting tidbit that just might be a factor putting a damper on the sale of residential properties.The study, by CIBC, shows Canadians are planning to rein in their …
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Home ownership realistic in Sask
This is something our economic development agencies may want to use in their promotional activities.The latest quarterly report on housing affordability issued by RBC Royal Bank says home ownership in Vancouver, Toronto and Victoria is an …
Shopping in the future
Retail spending in this province is relatively steady these days – up slightly one month and down about the same the next month. But what is changing is the way we do our shopping - it is going to change even more in the future.Of course, there …
Consumer spending remains flat
If you’re an investor who wants to track which way an economy is headed, there are a few categories or segments that you’ll want to watch.A few of the key ones are business investment, exports, labour markets, housing and consumer spending. That …
Household debt shrinking
For the past few years we’ve heard successive finance ministers and the Bank of Canada governor cautioning Canadians on the amount of debt they carry. They encourage us to pay off debt as interest rates are about to rise.After all, they argued, …
Sask population growth slowing
The pace of population growth in this province is slowing.The latest quarterly population estimate from StatsCan showed an increase of 708 residents in the first quarter of this year, bringing Saskatchewan’s population to 1,169,131. That is …
Summer is buying season
We have two seasons in this province – winter and construction, especially road construction. That may have caused people to defer the decision to buy a new vehicle.We recently received the monthly sales figures for automotive dealers in …
Sask economy brightening
It’s always darkest before the dawn, a saying that characterizes the view expressed by the economics branch of TD Bank in its latest forecast for Saskatchewan’s economy.In broad terms, the bank says its forecast for Canada is largely unchanged …
Saskatchewan’s hot wheels
With more miles of road than any other province, Saskatchewan understandably also has a strong relationship with motor vehicles. But a new report suggests our love is not shared equally by all forms of transportation.The number of units that were …
