Share According to the latest housing report released by RBC Economics shows that the rebound in Saskatchewan’s housing resale market has slowed down since 2009, which has in turn limited price increases and improved affordability in the province in the 4th quarter of 2009. RBC Housing Affordability measure captures the proportion of pre-tax household income [...]
Share Pushed by a stronger housing resale activity, the cost of owning a home in Saskatchewan became slightly more expensive in the third quarter, according to the latest housing report released on November 25th, 2009 by RBC Economics Research. Robert Hogue, senior economist at RBC noted that with steady and substantial improvements over the past [...]
Share With the recent news of four apartment buildings in the city of Moose Jaw being sold to a new landlord, who is going to raise rates considerable is bad news for many people. As it stands, the speculation is that the rate hike is being done to urge the tenants to move elsewhere, so [...]
Share Homeowners in Saskatchewan and Manitoba are planning to spend on home renovations despite of the slowing economy according to a recent Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) survey. The RBC survey found that 73% of Saskatchewan and Manitoba plan to make renovations on their home within the next two years. The report goes on to [...]
Share On October 8th, 2009 the Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification, Lynne Yelich and Saskatchewan Minister of Municipal Affairs, Jeremy Harrison have announced a joint investment of more than $6.5 million through the Recreations Infrastructure Canada (RInC) program; it is a major job creating investment from Canada’s Economic Action Plan and will help [...]
Share Human trafficking occurs all over the world,even in Canada is no different. Savelia Curniski spent time in Moose Jaw discussing the problems of human trafficking and its current growth. Curnicki is the president for an organization called Nashi – a volunteer group in Saskatchewan, which helps bring awareness to the issue. Cruniski noted that [...]
