Southern Sask., Montana groups partner to create cross-border tours
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South Saskatchewan Ready and Missouri River Country in Montana will be working together to create cross-border tours that will make stops at nine communities in Saskatchewan.
A South Saskatchewan group has partnered with Missouri River Country in Montana to organize cross-border tours.
South Saskatchewan Ready has been created to come up with strategies and plans to mitigate the negative economic impacts of transitioning away from coal.
The federal government has committed to ceasing operations at most coal plants by 2030.
Tourism is one of the industries the group is looking at to drive economic activity.
Sean Wallace, managing director of South Saskatchewan Ready, said the idea came about after he recalled living in New Brunswick, close to the border.
“We know that provincial governments oftentimes have agreements with some of our southern cousins. We know the federal government has agreements with other countries in terms of trade and economic development,” Wallace said.
“So we basically said, ‘well you know what, I don’t think there’s a reason why we couldn’t explore doing an agreement with some folks that we’re very close with in the Montana border to develop some tourism products.'”
Wallace said the partnership is a way to better access the American market and vice versa.