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Sask Power rate hike is ‘a little frustrating’ for Regina’s The Everyday Kitchen
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (31+ words) The Everyday Kitchen co-owner Mark Shmelinski said although they occasionally are forced to pass on increased costs to customers, he doesn’t anticipate that this will be one of those times....
Saskatoon Light & Power rates going up 3. 9% on Feb. 1, with another hike set for 2027
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (36+ words) “For an average residential customer using 625 k Wh per month, the monthly bill is expected to increase by $5. 61 in February 2026 and an additional $5. 85 in February 2027, ” the city said in a statement....
LISTEN: U of R economist unimpressed with federal government's spring fiscal update
2+ week, 4+ day ago (570+ words) The federal government unveiled its spring economic update on Tuesday afternoon, reporting a slightly smaller $66. 9 billion deficit for the year. University of Regina economist Dr. Jason Childs joined The Evan Bray Show on Wednesday morning to share his take on…...
Sask. farmers weathering input price hikes that could "wipe out the bottom line
3+ week, 5+ day ago (643+ words) A spike in fertilizer costs may be hurting some farmers worse than others. "Well, obviously, any huge surge in energy prices drives fertilizer prices up," Kristjan Hebert, a farmer from the Moosomin area, said Tuesday. "So any producers that don't…...
Bank of Canada appoints two deputy governors, dropping "external" title for one
3+ week, 6+ day ago (201+ words) OTTAWA " The Bank of Canada is filling two vacancies on its governing council with a pair of economists who are already well known at the central bank. In May, the Bank of Canada's managing director of economic analysis, Marc-Andr" Gosselin,…...
Annual inflation cools to 1. 8% in February, Stat Can says
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (200+ words) Statistics Canada says the annual rate of inflation dipped below two per cent in February as the end of last year's federal "tax holiday" helped to take some steam out of the yearly price comparisons. The agency says inflation last…...
Rising oil prices could push Canadian food prices even higher
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (538+ words) Rising oil prices triggered by the war in Iran and global tensions could soon translate into higher grocery bills for Canadians. Experts said that when fuel prices spike, the cost of moving food across the country climbs quickly, and that…...
Saskatchewan government says budget on course to record $427 M deficit at year's end
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (266+ words) This year's Saskatchewan budget is sinking deeper into the red, mainly due to the cost of fighting the summer's wildfires. Finance Minister Jim Reiter, in a midterm update on the budget, says the projected year-end deficit is expected to be…...
Dream of a lifetime: Canadian economist Peter Howitt among Nobel winners in economics
7+ mon, 4+ day ago (506+ words) Canadian economist Peter Howitt is among the group of three researchers who won this year's Nobel Memorial Prize in economics. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced Monday that Howitt, along with Dutch-born Joel Mokyr and French Philippe Aghion, received…...