Changes in the economy since 2002 Let's start by turning back the clock, and looking briefly at what was going on five years ago. Of course, the big news five years ago this month was the Olympics in Salt Lake City. There, the fastest woman on ice, Saskatoon's Catriona LeMay Doan took gold – again, as she'd done in 1998 – in speed skating.
And the women's hockey team, led by another Saskatchewan athlete, Hayley Wickenheiser, won all five games they played, and also took home the gold medal. Now, how was the economy faring? Well, it wouldn't have won a gold medal, but the economy wasn't doing too badly, especially considering the slowdown that occurred in the wake of 9/11 in 2001.