Around the province.SWIFT CURRENT Swift Current, city (1991 pop. 14,815), SW Sask., Canada, on Swift Current Creek. It is a distribution and processing center for a farm and oil region. Other industries are helium extraction, lumbering, and the manufacture of farm machinery and plastic goods. The Swift Current area accounted for 41.2 per cent of the province's oil and gas exploration rights sales in 2003. Sales of $158.7 million were close to the existing record of $199.7 million set in 1994. 1 MOOSE JAW Moose Jaw, city (1991 pop. 33,593), S central Sask., Canada. It is a railroad and distribution center, with oil refineries, meatpacking and dairy-processing plants, flour, lumber, and woolen mills, stockyards, and Canada's largest jet-training base. Temple Gardens Mineral Spa Mineral Spas were naturally occurring mineral spring locales which grew a reputation in the nineteenth century on into the late middle-twentith century for healing or healthful benefits to those wealthy enough to partake of their waters. revenues were up 33 per cent in 2003. The average annual occupancy rate Noun 1. occupancy rate - the percentage of all rental units (as in hotels) are occupied or rented at a given time pct, per centum, percent, percentage - a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred) was 74.5 per cent, compared to the provincial occupancy average of 58 per cent. 2 [GRAPHIC OMITTED] UNITY More than 50 home-based businesses were granted registered licenses from the Town of Unity in the last year. 3 GREEN LAKE The northern village of Green Lake is opening a new subdivision on the shores of the lake. The development is approved and will begin when the ground thaws, offering 41 lots for sale. 4 LLOYDMINSTER Western Canada's largest ethanol plant will be built right next to the Husky Oil Upgrader in Lloydminster. The project is estimated to cost $95 million and is expected to be complete by the end of 2005. 5 MELFORT Bornhorst Welding is the 2003 "Business of the Year." The business has grown 15 to 20 per cent since setting up in Melfort, and employs three full-time staff and two part-time staff. 6 ESTEVAN Bannatyne Investments and Areshenkoff Financial Services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. Inc. merged with the Estevan Credit Union to provide insurance, investment and financial services. 7 NORTH BATTLEFORD North Battleford, city (1991 pop. 14,350), W Sask., Canada, at the confluence of the North Saskatchewan and Battle rivers, opposite Battleford. It is the service and distribution center for NW Saskatchewan, which has rich farming, lumbering, and fishing. Roger Manegre, owner/operator of Re/Max North Battleford, was named Re/Max owner/operator of the year at the company's 21st annual western Canada
Western Canada, commonly referred to as the West awards conference in Kelowna, B.C. 8 PRINCE ALBERT Riverside Outfitters will operate from the riverbank this season and will provide boat tours, recreational sports equipment rental, and kayak and canoe lessons. 9 HAGUE Steacey Ford in North Battleford is taking over operations of Van Norman Ford. 10 KIPLING Baker's Small Engine Repair received the 2004 Dealer of the Year Award for the Manitoba and Saskatchewan district. Criteria for the award include sales, service, training and customer satisfaction. 11 REGINA Newalta Corporation won the Environmental Award from the Roadbuilders and Heavy Construction Association of Saskatchewan in March. Newalta processes industrial fuel oil to provide heat that dries and removes moisture from aggregate. 12 |
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