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Truck-stop hero captures business award

Truck-stop hero captures business award

Melissa Carson – who donated hundreds of home-made meals to truckers during the pandemic lockdown – honoured in Saskatchewan’s largest business awards
Rural crime plagues Prairie farmers

Rural crime plagues Prairie farmers

Manitoba Crime Stoppers site lists tools, ATVs, even tractors stolen from rural properties with many of the crimes unsolved after more than three years
Canada’s first rare earth facility set for Saskatoon

Canada’s first rare earth facility set for Saskatoon

Saskatchewan building a stake in unique resource sector that is vital to modern technology, and currently dominated by China
Saskatchewan buyers crowd into cottage country

Saskatchewan buyers crowd into cottage country

June cottage sales were double the pace of a year earlier with multiple bids seen at some popular lakefront destinations
Investors: farmland still trumps gold

Investors: farmland still trumps gold

The price of gold has increased 30 per cent so far this year, but farmland has traditionally proven the best investment over the long term because of a steady income stream
Saskatchewan oil drilling has totally shut down

Saskatchewan oil drilling has totally shut down

No oil drilling rigs have been working in Saskatchewan since mid-March. Only one rig was working in July and it was drilling for helium
Flin Flon’s only mine shutting down

Flin Flon’s only mine shutting down

Flin Flon’s 92-year old mine is closing, but Hudbay confirms plans to restart the New Britannia gold mill at Snow Lake
Manitoba boots assessments to 2023

Manitoba boots assessments to 2023

Properties will be valued and taxed as if it’s 2018, not reflecting the lower prices on some real estate due to the pandemic, tax expert says
Winnipeg must repay $29.7 million to developers

Winnipeg must repay $29.7 million to developers

Three-year court battle ends in decision that city’s ‘impact fees’ were an invalid tax on residential development
Regina home prices will rise faster than in Vancouver: study

Regina home prices will rise faster than in Vancouver: study

Regina’s home prices are less than a third that of Vancouver but prices in the Saskatchewan capital will increase faster this year, forecast says