Saskatchewan-Manitoba

A former jewel of downtown Winnipeg has been restored to its former glory. In fact, you could be excused if, upon entering the completely revamped Metropolitan Theatre, you thought you'd entered a time warp.

The oil and gas industry alone generates 15,000 direct jobs in the region and supports an estimated 500 businesses. And it could get much bigger, due to expansion of horizontal drilling in the giant Bakken oilfields.

Corus Land Holdings, an affiliate of agricultural giant Ceres Global Ag. Corp. recently bought the entire hamlet of Northgate, a village close to the U.S.

It's not often that a forecast calling for a 7 per cent decline in housing starts is seen in a positive light. But that's what can happen when the current year is on pace to hit a 25-year high. According to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.

Investors, both domestic and from Alberta and B.C., are driving up the price of Winnipeg apartment buildings in what has become a bidding war.

Winnipeggers have said their final goodbyes - for the second time - to Canad Inns Stadium. The home of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers for the last 60 years played host to its final event last month.

Last month's arrival of Winnipeg's first Victoria's Secret location saw 250 people line up a couple of hours before the store's opening.

Burton Cummings, lead singer of the Guess Who and a huge solo star in the 1970s and '80s, has put his 4,683-square-foot mansion in the swanky Tuxedo neighbourhood up for sale. The $1.35 million price tag includes four bedrooms, and one grand piano.

Prices for Saskatchewan farmland are soaring in step with the rise of grain prices, but land inventory is becoming tight as investors compete for prime acreages.

As of the end of October, the City of Saskatoon had issued $983 billion in building permits, ahead of last year and apparently on track to set an unprecedented $1 billion in construction values this year.