{"id":1366,"date":"2025-09-08T00:45:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T00:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/1366\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T00:45:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T00:45:07","slug":"saskatchewan-sheds-almost-2000-full-time-jobs-in-august-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/1366\/","title":{"rendered":"Saskatchewan sheds almost 2,000 full-time jobs in August"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The provincial government noted that seasonally adjusted figures showed more people working in the province than ever before in August, with Saskatchewan\u2019s full-time employment hitting a record high of 534,300 last month.<\/p>\n<p>\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/indicator-big.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce again, with record job numbers and low unemployment, we have proven why we are the best place to live, work and raise a family in Canada,\u201d Jim Reiter, Saskatchewan\u2019s deputy premier, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur government is committed to ensuring that this growth continues and we have the labour force to support our strong economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Employment for women also rose by 4.4 per cent year over year, the government added, and both Regina and Saskatoon saw employment growth over the past year, jumping by five per cent and 0.9 per cent, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe province continues to see strong growth in other areas,\u201d the provincial government added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSaskatchewan ranked second amongst the provinces for year-over-year growth in the value of building permits in June 2025 and first for year-to-date growth in the value of building permits and urban housing starts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jobs will continue to grow: business expert<\/p>\n<p>Saskatchewan business commentator and expert <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cjme.com\/commentaries\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paul Martin<\/a> said this situation is unusual because it\u2019s been a long time since Saskatchewan lost jobs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not a happy story, but it\u2019s actually better than the one that\u2019s coming out nationally. In the last two months, across the country, we\u2019ve lost 100,000 jobs,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>Martin said the labour pool has declined, and there could be various reasons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne is they simply retire, or another is they leave the province. The third one is that they give up. They simply step to the sidelines because they aren\u2019t optimistic about their opportunity,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He said the majority of people who stepped out of the labour pool in August were young adults, under the age of 24, who struggled to find jobs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been a very tough year for summer jobs, for students in particular,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Jobs were primarily lost in the manufacturing sector, according to Martin, while jobs were on the rise in the service industry.<\/p>\n<p>While the province lost nearly 2,000 jobs according to the numbers, Martin said the statistics can be \u201cvolatile,\u201d and it\u2019s important to look at overall trends and other reports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe job vacancy report that came out last week showed that Saskatchewan was still doing quite well, better than most in the country, actually, about three per cent of all the jobs out there still going unfilled,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd the trend for Saskatchewan this year has been job creation from really the beginning of the year right through to the end of July.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said Saskatchewan\u2019s economy is quite strong right now, and job opportunities will continue to grow.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The provincial government noted that seasonally adjusted figures showed more people working in the province than ever before&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":890,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[114,85,46,265],"class_list":{"0":"post-1366","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jobs","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-israel","11":"tag-jobs"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}