Saskatchewan-Manitoba

The Winnipeg Jets may not have made the playoffs this year, but the hockey team did finish first in the NHL in one category: sales of licensed merchandise.

The sale of four new hotels in Winnipeg last year - and construction starting on a dozen more - is evidence that the city is one of the top hotel markets in Canada, according to the 2012 Canadian Hotel Investment Report from Colliers International Ho

Residential developers have more than potential demand to spur building plans. Moose Jaw offers generous incentives for both landlords and home buyers.

The sale of four new hotels in Winnipeg last year – and construction starting on a dozen more – is evidence that the city is one of the top hotel markets in Canada, according to the 2012 Canadian Hotel Investment Report from Colliers International Ho

Downtown Saskatoon now has the lowest office vacancy rate in North America, perhaps the world, as the rate plunged to 1.7 per cent in the first quarter of this year. The Class A vacancy rate is even tighter, at 0.9 per cent.

Saskatchewan has launched a tax rebate for residential landlords that could cost $34 million and spur construction of 10,000 new rental apartments over the next five years.

A drainage ditch is not a pristine fish stream, the federal government has realized in announcing changes to rules governing ditches and field drains.

The City of Regina is trying to convince the province to pony up $200 million to help build a new sports stadium in the capital city to kick-start a massive urban makeover.

The waiting, she noted, might be the hardest part. "It's like being a teenage girl sitting by the phone waiting for a call to the prom," she said.

"We are in the final stages of completing the official community plans for the three small urban municipalities," Mercer said. He also confirmed another rumour: a large U.S.