politics

COVID-19 virus dominates Sask legislature debate

Mar 16, 2020 | 3:12pm

  The covid-19 outbreak dominated debate in Saskatchewan legislature Monday. NDP leader Ryan Meili called on the Moe government to shelve the budget scheduled for Wednesday and develop a whole new plan to battle the coronavirus outbreak. Meili called on the SaskParty government to follow Ontario and the federal government’s lead and postpone Wednesday’s budget. […]

Opposition Conservatives head into 2020 with fights ahead on three fronts

Jan 2, 2020 | 2:13pm

OTTAWA — In 2019, federal Conservatives sought to draw voters in their direction with the slogan: “It’s time for you to get ahead.” But they didn’t get enough of those voters to form government, and so 2020 finds the Conservatives needing to figure out how to get ahead themselves. “There is an opportunity for the […]

NDP says no to Moe’s call for immediate action to be taken to end CN Rail strike

Nov 21, 2019 | 12:10pm

Premier Scott Moe attempted to move an emergency motion in the legislative assembly on Thursday morning calling for immediate action to be taken to resolve the CN Rail strike. The motion that was subsequently blocked by the Official Opposition was worded as follows: That this Assembly call on the federal government to immediately end the […]

Canada Powered by Women talks politics in Regina Thursday afternoon

Sep 26, 2019 | 6:30am

A national initiative called Canada Powered by Women is mobilizing in Regina Thursday to engage more women in political talk. This campaign is mainly on social media platforms like Instagram and Facebook, but the group thought it would be good to bring women face-to-face to discuss the election and political issues. Spokesperson Lucy Miller says […]

Steinley and Tochor resigned as Saskatchewan Party MLA’s

Sep 11, 2019 | 12:25pm

In a move that isn’t surprising, two Saskatchewan Party MLA’s have resigned their seats. Regina Walsh Acres MLA Warren Steinley and Saskatoon Eastview MLA Corey Tochor both officially submitted their resignation to the Speaker Wednesday morning. Both are running for federal seats in the October 21st vote as Conservative candidates. Saskatchewan NDP leader Ryan Meili […]

Goodale to defend Regina-Wascana seat in fall federal election

Jun 29, 2019 | 10:00am

The liberal candidate for Regina-Wascana this October will be a rather familiar name. When voters head to the polls for the federal election, Ralph Goodale will once again be on the ballot for the federal Liberals. Goodale has held the riding since 1993, and also served in the federal Assiniboia riding for five years in […]

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