Oct. land sale for oil, gas rights in Saskatchewan pushes revenue to $1B mark

By: THE CANADIAN PRESS REGINA - Saskatchewan's booming resource sector has pushed demand for Crown petroleum and natural gas rights to a record high. The province says October's land sale brought in $223.4 million, helping the annual revenue top the billion dollar mark for the first time ever. That puts the year-to-date revenue figure from land sales now at... [read full story]