In a 6-3 decision the Supreme Court of Canada has announced Thursday morning that a federally imposed carbon tax, is constitutional. The federal price on pollution was first introduced in 2018 and was imposed on province’s like Saskatchewan, that didn’t have a price on pollution on the provincial level. Chief Justice Richard Wagner said in […]
The Supreme Court of Canada will decide Thursday morning whether the federal government’s carbon tax is constitutional or not. It’s a legal decision that has political implications for the federal government, whose climate plan rests heavily on being able to put a price on pollution. It will also be a key ruling for conservative premiers […]
Saskatchewan’s COVID-19 numbers are going down everywhere except for Regina where variants of concern and new cases are still problematic. Of the 156 new infections announced Tuesday, 101 are in Regina meaning 535 of the 1,292 active cases in the province, or 41-and-a-half percent come from the Regina region. During the province’s weekly Tuesday update, […]
The latest Premier approval rating from Angus Reid is out and it has some good news and some bad news for Scott Moe. The survey, which is taken quarterly, shows Moe sitting 3rd when it comes to popularity at 57 percent putting him behind BC’s John Horgan and Quebec’s Francois Legault. The last time the […]
Saskatchewan’s Opposition leader says Premier Scott Moe deliberately misled voters with his promise to balance the budget by 2024 during the provincial election campaign. Ryan Meili was not pulling punches when asked for his reaction from the news this week that achieving that goal now seems to be out of reach. “I think people in […]
Saskatchewan’s cities and towns won’t be passing a bylaw banning handguns because they can’t. Newly tabled federal gun legislation would allow municipalities to ban handguns through bylaws restricting their possession, storage and transportation. Speaking on Tuesday during the province’s COVID-19 briefing, Premier Scott Moe says something has already been done prohibiting municipalities from making such […]
The premier of Saskatchewan is defending his comments from earlier this week when he said people calling for tougher COVID-19 measures in the province have the option to work from home. His comments were heard when speaking at the Municipalities of Saskatchewan’s virtual conference on Monday. Moe said on Wednesday afternoon that he stands by […]
The Opposition says Premier Scott Moe’s response to Saskatchewan’s current spread of COVID-19 has “no basis in reality. The NDP says national data shows that Saskatchewan has had the worst rate of deaths over the last seven days in the entire country as well as the highest rate of active cases. Saskatchewan had its deadliest […]
It will be three more weeks before the provincial government looks at either keeping the current slate of COVID-19 restrictions or making changes to the public health order. On Tuesday, Premier Scott Moe and Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Saqib Shahab announced an extension of the current public health measures to February 19 when the […]
Premier Scott Moe announced Thursday morning that the 2021/22 provincial budget will be tabled on April 6. That will also be the first day of the Spring Sitting of the Saskatchewan Legislature. “The new budget will be the main focus of the spring sitting,” Moe said in a news release. “It will be a budget […]
