June 16th, 2011
On June 16, 2011, NEER held their Annual General Meeting at the Pasquia Regional Park. It revealed a successful year of operations and they look forward to continued strong regional involvement by the 12 member Board of Directors elected from a growing membership base.
"I went on the office tour and also quadding - it was a very enjoyable day. The supper was great! Your meeting was extremely well organized and ran very efficiently.
I enjoyed the day. Thank you." Corinne Reine, Hudson Bay Chamber of Commerce, Hudson Bay, SK
"Thank you to NEER for organizing a very interesting afternoon showcasing some of what our area has to offer. I had a choice of a quadding tour or competing in a Texas Scramble on the beautiful Pasquia Park 9-hole golf course. I partook in the quad tour led by the professional guiding service of a local outfitter. The quad tour took us to the famed Big Bert fossil find on the banks of the Carrot River where our interpretive guide explained the history. The afternoon events were followed by an excellent steak dinner. The meeting was efficient and to-the-point outlining NEER's successful past year of operation. Keep up with
the good work!" Kathy Lindsay, Town of Arborfield, Arborfield, SK
June 16th, 2011
The 2011/2012 North East Enterprise Region meeting schedule:
Board Meetings will be held on September 15th, 2011, November 17th, 2011, January 19th, 2012, March 15th, 2012, May 17th, 2012 and Annual General Meeting on June 21st, 2012.
March 29th, 2010
The North East Enterprise Region has ran a series of bulletins in the local papers introducing
the communities to the efforts of the North East Enterprise Region.
ACCESS THE BULLETINS
NEER Launches Business Retention and Expansion Initiative.
The North East Enterprise Region launches there Business Retention and Expansion Initiative. Over 400 letters were sent out to businesses around the region introducing the initiative. We hope to start interviews in the October 2010.
North East 2006 Census Profile
North East Competitive Analysis Profile
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After five years of inactivity the Carrot River sawmill started up their production line under the ownership of Edgewood Forest Products. The shift, comprised of many former sawmill employees, returned to work January 2nd and rolled out the first boards the same day. (Parkland Review, January 6, 2012)
The former Lures and Flures has been sold to new owners, Ashley and Tracey Gwilliam. The name of their new store is, The Scratch N Sniff General Store. (Kelvington Chronicle, December 7, 2011)
Discovery Playhouse and Cool Beans Café is officially open for business. The owners are Martina Lucas and Tammy Miller. (Parkland Review, December 23, 2011)
Saskjobs.ca, the provincial government’s career website, had a record number of job postings in 2011, with more than 150,000 jobs listed, an increase of 39,000 from the previous year. The site also hosted a record 9.8 million visits in 2011 compared to 8.9 million visits in 2010. (Leader Post, January 6, 2012)
Saskatchewan non-residential building permits had the highest growth in the country according to new figures released today by Statistics Canada. Non-residential construction was up 118% per cent in November 2011 over November 2010, the largest increase among the provinces. Saskatchewan had the second highest percentage increase of building permits in Canada when compared to last November, up 45.2 per cent, seasonally adjusted. Residential construction was up by 10.3 per cent over the same period. (Enterprise Saskatchewan News Release, January 9, 2012)
Saskatchewan saw an increase of 3,100 jobs in December, compared with the same month a year ago, with 523,500 people working, according to Statistics Canada labour force survey. The monthly job report also highlighted aboriginal employment growth of 5,000 jobs from December 2010 to December 2011, the seventh consecutive month of gains year-over-year. (Leader Post, January 7, 2012)
In 2011, Regina and Saskatoon both reported 26 per cent gains in residential construction activity over the previous year, posting 1,694 and 2,994 housing starts respectively – the highest number of starts since the early 1980’s, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. (Leader Post, January 11, 2012)
Saskatchewan posted its second-best year for drilling of oil wells in 2011 and broke the record set in 2010 for drilling of horizontal oil wells, according to the Ministry of Energy and Resources. In 2011, 3,528 oil wells were drilled in the province, a 29 per cent increase over the 2,730 oil wells drilled for 2010 and is just shy of the record of 3,608 in 1997. Saskatchewan’s oil and gas industry recorded an estimated $11.7 billion in sales last year, invested roughly $4.2 billion in exploration and development activity and provided direct and indirect employment for more than 32,000 people. (Leader Post, January 14, 2012)
Saskatchewan is poised to set a new record for new vehicle sales in 2011, with 46,800 cars and trucks sold in the first 11 months, well ahead of the 46,000 units sold during the same period in the current record year of 2008, according to Statistics Canada. (Leader Post, January 17, 2012)
The Saskatchewan Agriculture Development Fund is spending $3.5 million in livestock and forage-related research projects. The money is being awarded to 26 research projects to improve the province’s agriculture industry. The new research projects are expected to lead to new innovations and technologies which will help producers improve their production, lower costs and increase profits. (Leader Post, January 19, 2012)
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