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Bay will stay downtown, renovate, seek tenants

After years of threatening to abandon its iconic Portage Avenue building because it was too big for its retail offering, The Bay has begun to shrink its footprint in the 84-year-old location.

Trendy clothier opens outlet

Winnipeggers will get to experience the good, the rad and the gnarly when the newest addition to the city's retail scene throws open its doors in December. Hollister Co.

"Vistable" homes form community

Winnipeg's newest neighbourhood is not only going to be ideal for hosting people with mobility issues, it has also helped introduce a new word to the city's vocabulary - visitability. It has also upped the bar for new-home prices.

City upgrades golf course

The City of Winnipeg is hoping to turn a money-losing golf course into a little piece of profitable paradise.

T&T anchors Polo North

Three-and-a-half years after the Winnipeg Arena was demolished, the most sought-after retail space in Winnipeg finally has an anchor tenant. T&T Supermarket Inc.

Regina roofed stadium clears a major hurdle

The Saskatchewan government and Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) have reached a conditional sale agreement for land required to construct a proposed football stadium with a retractable roof in downtown Regina.

Housing starts rise 70 per cent

Urban-housing construction continues to show substantial growth in Saskatchewan.

PotashCorp lawsuit proceeds in U.S.

An American judge is allowing the discovery process to proceed in a lawsuit filed by Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. to fend off BHP Billiton's $39 billion hostile takeover bid. The lawsuit, filed in a U. S.

Chinese bid for NuCoal fails

NuCoal Energy Corp.'s shareholders have rejected a plan that would have resulted in a Chinese resource firm taking majority ownership of the Saskatchewan company's coal assets.

Immigrants lead population

Saskatchewan's increasing population shows the province is "on the right track," Premier Brad Wall said after Statistics Canada released data that showed the province's population increased at a faster rate than any other Canadian province during the