In news which shouldn’t come as a surprise to Saskatchewan people, both the NDP and Saskatchewan Party are declaring that they will have candidates in all 61 ridings up for grabs. The Saskatchewan Party had made the declaration that they will have someone contesting each riding earlier this month. In a release, the party said […]
Former NDP MLA Sandra Morin announced that she will be running as an independent in the upcoming provincial election. The announcement comes after NDP Leader Ryan Meili refused to endorse Morin as a candidate, the reasons for which have yet to be disclosed. Morin, who served as MLA for Regina Walsh Acres between 2003 and […]
NDP Leader Ryan Meili committed Wednesday, that if elected Premier next month, he would stop allowing corporations to make political donations. Meili says the Saskatchewan Party has accepted more than $19 million in corporate donations from companies out of province since 2007. He adds that allowing big corporate donations leads to government corruption. “With this […]
Two new schools are coming to Regina’s southwest to serve families in Harbour Landing and Albert Park. Saskatchewan Party MLAs joined members of the Regina Public and Catholic school divisions on Wednesday afternoon to announce funding for a new joint-use elementary school. The announcement was made behind École Harbour Landing and St. Kateri Tekakwitha elementary […]
In what the Saskatchewan Party is calling “in the interest of transparency,” four current MLAs and two new candidates have had impaired driving convictions in the past. The four current MLAs, who have had their impaired driving offences previously disclosed publicly, are Premier Scott Moe, Don McMorris, Eric Olauson and Terry Dennis. The Saskatchewan Party’s […]
It’s a 12,000 kilometre route for Irving Oil to get its product from western Canada to the east coast, via the Panama Canal. The Saskatchewan Party highlights this situation in an online petition to urge the federal government to get a pipeline built. Minister of Energy and Resources Bronwyn Eyre says the Energy East Pipeline […]
The provincial government says that disciplinary action will be taken against a Saskatchewan Party employee behind an inappropriate post on social media about China. Earlier this week, a screen shot of a text exchange, showing a conversation about eating dogs and China, was posted to the Instagram account of Alyssa Leippi. Leippi works as an […]
The Saskatchewan Government released a scaled back version of its budget on Wednesday for the upcoming fiscal year. The province plans to spend $14.15 billion, which is an increase of 3.1%. No revenue forecast was provided at this time due to the COVID-19 pandemic impacting world markets. In a news release, Finance Minister Donna Harpauer […]
It’s not known if Premier Scott Moe will have Saskatchewan voters go to the polls in October or earlier. When the election is finally announced, Wexit Saskatchewan is looking to have its name on ballots across the province. The party seeks to have official status for the election and are awaiting approval on it. Whether […]
Could there be a spring election in Saskatchewan? It turned out to be one of the main discussion topics on Monday at the Saskatchewan Legislature as NDP leader Ryan Meili asked for more clarity from Premier Scott Moe on the matter. Initially, an election date has been set for October 26. However Premier Scott Moe suggested […]
