Saskatchewan-Manitoba

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.

emolished early in the new year, construction will begin on a multi-use facility featuring five storeys of retail and office space, topped by a 14-storey hotel with 154 rooms.

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.

Call it the potash factor, or a boomerang effect of former Saskatchewan residents heading back home. Whatever the reason, a Vancouver-based consulting firm is telling the City of Saskatoon that it should be gearing up for a population spike.

With the ribbon-cutting of the biggest construction project in Winnipeg's history now in his rear-view mirror, Barry Rempel isn't going to sit around and watch the paint dry.

Four new retailers have set up shop in perhaps the most secure area in Manitoba - the air-side of Winnipeg's new terminal building. Upper Crust sandwich shop, Asian eatery Red Wok, PGA Tour golf store and a pair of T.G.I.

A litre of milk, a loaf of bread, a stick of butter and a bottle of tequila. For the first time in Manitoba history, the items on this shopping list will be able to be purchased at a grocery store starting next spring.

The City of Winnipeg has hit a redevelopment hole-in-one.