Saskatchewan-Manitoba

A Toronto-based pizza chain thinks its sponsorship of the Winnipeg Jets will be a real game-changer.

Indeed, more than one-quarter of Dauphin's 8,000 residents can speak Ukrainian. You'd think the strong housing demand would be a sure sign that Dauphin's population was going through the roof, but that's not the case, Irwin said.

Harvard Developments has just started construction on Tower III, a $100 million, 200,000-square-foot, 18-storey instant landmark that is already fully leased. With such demand for office space that the Class A vacancy is estimated at 0.

Regina is ranked by the Conference Board of Canada as the fourth fastest-growing urban economy in Canada, and has the lowest office and residential vacancy rates in Canada, but the city's office developers and home builders are being given generous t

An unprecedented surge in Manitoba building permit values masks what could be a sharp downturn in private industrial and commercial construction. According to Statistics Canada, total Manitoba permit values for the first 11 months of 2011 reached $1.

China was a prolific buyer of Canadian canola during the first three months of 2011-12 and is about to develop an even bigger appetite, according to industry officials.

Saskatchewan will lead the nation in economic growth in 2012, according to the Bank of Montreal (BMO). "Real GDP will likely expand 3 per cent this year, helped by a rebound in agriculture output, before cooling slightly to a league-leading 2.

Premier Brad Wall has pledged to support home buying in the province, with a series of measures introduced in the government's recent throne speech.

Building permit increases in Saskatchewan have surpassed even Ontario this year, according to Statistics Canada, which notes permit values in October were up 22.4 per cent province-wide. This is ahead of a 22.

Job generator Two other huge potash companies, Agrium Inc. and Australia-based BHP Billiton, are assessing the development of potash mines just southwest of Yorkton.