Saskatoon is Canada's romance capital
Online retailer Amazon.ca says Saskatoon is Canada’s most romantic community, based on an analysis of sales data just before Valentine’s Day. The company said it compiled figures in four sales categories:
Romance novels.
Sex and relationship books.
Romantic comedy DVDs.
Michael Bublé CDs.
It tracked sales from the beginning of 2010 and released the city rankings [...]
Not only will the great majority of Canada’s small businesses survive the recession, but as the recovery continues, many will be stronger than ever, according to a major study released today by BMO’s Economics Department.
The report, Canada’s Small Business Juggernaut, by BMO Chief Economist, Dr. Sherry Cooper, assesses the strength of small business formations [...]
New home prices inched up 0.1 per cent on an annualized basis in August, Statistics Canada reports. The August 2009 increase follows a more robust 0.3 per cent gain in July. Year over year, the index was still down 3.1 per cent.
Despite the national average remaining fairly flat, there was a wide range of [...]
The survey featured over at Macleans.ca is the first of its kind in Canada and provides citizens in 31 cities across the country with comparative data on how well—or poorly—their city is run, measured by the cost and quality of the public services it delivers. (Why 31? they took the 30 largest cities in Canada, [...]
The rate of police-reported motor vehicle theft decreased 9% in 2007, the fourth consecutive annual decline. The rate peaked in 1996, and has been generally dropping since. According to police and insurance companies, reasons for this decline include the increased use of electronic immobilizers in newer vehicles, as well as auto theft prevention programs that target youth.
Vehicle theft remains [...]
Some 440,000 homes are expected to change hands in Canada this year, according to a new housing forecast by ReMax. The realtor says that total would represent a decrease of 15 per cent from record levels reached in 2007. ReMax says Canadian housing values are expected to hover at $300,000 for the year, a three per [...]
Police reported 594 homicides in Canada in 2007, 12 fewer than in 2006. Statistics Canada reports that stabbings accounted for a third of the homicides last year and another third involved the use of a firearm.
The agency says handguns were used in two-thirds of all firearm homicides, primarily in urban areas, while police reported that one [...]
Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver remain the destinations of choice for many newcomers; however, this trend is slowly changing. In 2007, cities outside the three above-mentioned received close to one third of Canada’s 236,000 new immigrants.
A new study by the Association for Canadian Studies shows that immigrants are earning more money in Calgary, Regina, and Saskatoon [...]
Ontario will likely follow major cities in Western Canada into a house price decline, but while its slide should be shallower it will also be more worrisome due to the province’s weaker outlook, an economist says.
Last month the average price of a resale home in Canada fell by 3.6 per cent, continuing a decline that [...]
Parliamentary Secretary Ed Komarnicki, on behalf of the Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, today announced funding to help immigrant-serving organizations deliver settlement services to newcomers in Saskatoon.
The new funding of over $2.2 million will provide for necessary and important programs such as language training for up to 2,000 newcomers. The funding will [...]
