Saskatchewan-Manitoba

A popular downtown bookstore may live on if its customers are willing to take the plunge into ownership themselves. The owner of Aqua Books and Eat! bistro was overwhelmed with pleas to stay open after he announced plans to close down in the fall.

Local rail transporters, however, say that the end of the Canadian Wheat Board monopoly would spell the end of shortline railroads that depend on CWB grains for 99 per cent of their cargo.

Speculators are betting big on Saskatoon's industrial market, starting 400,000 square feet of new space so far this year, according to Saskatoon-based Colliers McClocklin, a commercial realtor.

Royalty Developments, the largest private-sector owner of undeveloped land in downtown Regina, has launched plans for a 16-storey office tower at the corner of Rose Street and 12th Avenue in the city's financial district.

Regina has the least amount of office space available for rent in Canada, according to a report from commercial realtor Avison Young, which says “strong economic and population growth” in Saskatchewan will help keep the capital city office sector tig

Receding flood waters have allowed drilling rigs to ramp up production in the southeast Saskatchewan oil patch, with about 50 rigs active near Estevan, Stoughton and Weyburn.

Winnipeg's new football stadium is finally underway and appears to be worth the wait. "This is going to be a world-class stadium.

Nearly two years after losing one of its biggest tenants, Polo Park Shopping Centre is full up.

Only in Winnipeg could the unveiling of a hockey sweater top the launch of a provincial election on newspaper front pages and television news broadcasts.

A Winnipeg-based company is hoping to make Manitoba the electronic bill paying capital of Canada.