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*Updated with Quotes from Samantha Becotte* The tension between Saskatchewan’s teachers and the provincial government reached new heights today as Premier Scott Moe yesterday unveiled a significant education funding increase of $180 million. The move, strategically timed ahead of the budget’s official introduction on March 20th, was met with skepticism and accusations from the Saskatchewan […]

Saskatchewan’s spring legislative sitting kicked off Monday with the Opposition NDP demanding Premier Scott Moe at least pick up the phone and talk to Ottawa to resolve the escalating dispute over the carbon price. The two sides also sparred over the ongoing labour standoff with teachers, while an Independent MLA rose to publicly apologize for […]

Saskatchewan’s Opposition N-D-P says the public deserves more details after a legislature member was charged with assault by choking. Greg Lawrence faces two counts under the Criminal Code and is to make his first court appearance in provincial court in March. Moose Jaw police say the investigation began seven months earlier in June and involved […]

A Regina court has heard a Saskatchewan legislature member charged with seeking to obtain sexual services plans to proceed through the alternative measures program. A lawyer representing Ryan Domotor, a former Saskatchewan Party backbencher, says he plans to have the case resolved on Feb. 1. She told court that Domotor is seeking to go through […]

Canada’s price on pollution is supposed to help battle global warming, but as it nears its fifth anniversary, nothing in Canadian politics is hotter. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has so successfully convinced Canadians the carbon price is to blame for inflation that he even earned begrudging respect for his “axe the tax” campaign from Prime […]

Talks aimed at a new contract for teachers in Saskatchewan have come to an end, with no new deal. The Saskatchewan Teachers Federation and the the Government-Trustee Bargaining Committee were bargaining with the help of the Conciliation Board in an attempt to reach a deal. In a statement, the STF says the government did not […]

Saskatchewan legislature members have decided not to investigate the cause of a protest that disrupted the legislative assembly. Jeremy Harrison, the Saskatchewan Party government house leader, says his caucus decided not to pursue the investigation because it would have taken significant resources. In mid-November, dozens of protesters shouted from the galleries and called for a ceasefire in the […]

Around the globe – governments are pushing to lower emissions and reduce the impact that fossil fuels are having on climate change.  That same urgency – does not seem to be present in Western Canada.  Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe in 2022- while speaking at a conference in Prince Albert said, “A lot of folks will […]

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says the province is to stop collecting the carbon levy on electric heat starting Jan. 1.  He says many people in northern Saskatchewan use electricity to heat their homes, and that they should be exempt from paying the price.  The premier says the province is to examine who uses electricity to […]

The Saskatchewan government has introduced The Protection for Human Trafficking (Coerced Debts) Amendment Act to shield victims from the aftermath of coerced debts. Justice Minister and Attorney General Bronwyn Eyre stressed the significance, stating, “This is about reducing dependency between victims and their traffickers, who often force victims to take out loans on their behalf […]