Saskatchewan shoppers are responding to a CBC News story we reported on Thursday over consumers finding cheaper items in the U.S.

The story detailed how several homeowners and contractors are going to Minot, North Dakota to buy kitchen cabinets and counter tops.

They say they're saving thousands of dollars and getting the same, if not better, quality products. The majority of people reacting online say they support shopping in the U.S. because prices here in Saskatchewan are too high.

Here are some comments CBC received online:

- I used to try and buy Canadian, but we are being ripped off in this country.

- I don't blame people for shopping in the U.S. We do get gouged.

- Spending in another country is taking money out of the pot for our own roads, services, schools, hospitals, universities, etc.

Kurt Muench represents a Saskatoon-based organization called Sasklandia that encourages people to buy local.

"Those dollars that you're spending at a local business are then re-invested into your communities," Muench said. "They're the parks that you go play in with your kids. They're the community events that you go to. They're the festivals we have in the city and that's when you're spending your money in the States that's what we're not getting from that."

Sasklandia has been signing up businesses on its website to promote a strong local business community.

"70 per cent of the dollars that are spent at a local business stay in the local economy," Muench said, "So regardless of where they're getting their materials from, whether it's China or Quebec or whatever, it's still 70 per cent on average stays in the community."

Sasklandia is also trying to get the province to declare a monthly Buy Local Day.