Tag Archives: Provincial Politics
Sask. had highest number of residential schools in Canada, but NDTR not recognized; Chiefs
Saskatchewan is standing on the wrong side of history. That was the message delivered by several First Nation Chiefs Friday at a press conference hosted by the Meadow Lake Tribal Council (MLTC) addres...
Oct 04, 2024
‘It’s terrifying’: Health-care workers sound alarm at Legislative Building
Many nurses are fed up with how health care is treated in Saskatchewan.Hundreds of nurses were joined by other health-care workers and members of the public at a rally outside the Legislative Building...
Oct 04, 2024
Sask. NDP demands Moe explain health system woes, overcapacity hospitals
SASKATOON, Sask. - Saskatchewan New Democrats say the Saskatchewan Party's Scott Moe needs to explain how emergency rooms became overwhelmed under his watch as premier.Health care reform is one of the...
Oct 03, 2024
Indigenous courthouse workers sent home after wearing orange shirts on NDTR
After two Indigenous women working in the Meadow Lake Saskatchewan Justice Unit were sent home on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation for wearing orange shirts, Meadow Lake Tribal Council is cal...
Oct 03, 2024
Moe makes campaign stop in P.A. to talk tax benefits
While announcing an increased active families benefit from $150 to $300, should the Sask. Party form government again, leader Scott Moe fielded a lot of other questions from media. Moe (who will run i...
Oct 03, 2024
How northern constituencies could affect the provincial election
As with all polling projections, Daniel Westlake is taking what he sees with a grain of salt, but when it comes to battlegrounds in the upcoming provincial election, the political science professor is...
Oct 03, 2024
Seib plans to address northern road infrastructure if elected as MLA
Road infrastructure will be one of Gregory Seib's major priorities if elected as a Saskatchewan Party MLA for Cumberland after the provincial general election on Oct. 28. "That's something we really n...
Oct 02, 2024
NDP plan is to scrap gas tax and the Marshal’s service; Beck in Prince Albert
In Prince Albert on Wednesday, NDP leader Carla Beck announced that if elected premier, her first move will be to pause a tax she has long been challenging the Sask. Party on, the gas tax. "Not only d...
Oct 02, 2024
McPhail outlines promises if elected as Cumberland MLA
Jordan McPhail knows he has big shoes to fill if elected to replace former long-time NDP Cumberland MLA Doyle Vermette in this month's provincial general election. "Doyle was a very hard worker as the...
Oct 01, 2024
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: P.A. event honours painful legacy of residential schools
Emile Highway, a decorated veteran and residential school survivor, can still remember the loneliness he felt as a young boy being in a strange place and the sole comfort that came with his older brot...
Sep 30, 2024