The Saskatchewan Party government has begun establishing a new provincial police service, but the minister in charge says it won’t have an oversight body until boots are on the ground. Christine Tell, minister of corrections, policing and public safety, now has authority to form the new Saskatchewan Marshals Service, said a recent order-in-council. The order […]
After almost two weeks since it began, there may finally be some movement in the west coast port strike. Federal labour minister Seamus O’Regan says the strike has dragged on long enough, as he sent a letter to the lead federal negotiator in the strike to come up with a set of recommendations for a […]
Saskatchewan’s Premier remains the country’s most popular Premier. Premier Scott Moe once again sits atop the premier approval leaderboard, with three-in-five residents (57%) offering a positive assessment of his performance, according to the Agnus Reid Institute. While Moe’s popularity sits at the top, it did decrease three per cent from March but still remains way […]
It would be against the law for Saskatchewan to run its coal-fired power plants after 2030 unless the greenhouse-gas emissions from those plants are captured, federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said Wednesday. His comment comes as electricity generation becomes the latest jurisdictional battle over climate policy between federal and provincial governments. Canada’s current climate plan aims for […]
Saskatchewan’s justice minister again defended the province’s inability to meet incoming electricity regulations after the federal environment minister accused Premier Scott Moe of making “irresponsible” comments. Bronwyn Eyre said on Wednesday Steven Guilbeault is “misguided” on how the clean electricity standards will affect utility rates in the province after Guilbeault said it’s “baseless and untrue” […]
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says the province may not go along with an incoming federal emission policy that he believes would make it difficult to keep the lights on. Moe did not provide details Tuesday on what he might do to potentially block Ottawa’s clean electricity standards, but said more information is to be shared […]
Premier Scott Moe says it’s likely the province will provide millions of additional dollars for squeezed classrooms after thousands rallied to protest underfunding. Moe told reporters Monday the province is listening to concerns raised by teachers and parents about funding constraints that they say have led to program cuts, fewer supports and teachers working on […]
The Saskatchewan Party announced that Premier Scott Moe will be seeking re-election and the date for the next provincial election. The announcement was made via the Saskatchewan Party’s social media and said that Moe would seek re-election for a fourth term as the MLA for Rosthern-Shellbrook and as Premier in the upcoming provincial election, which […]
With Elon Musk’s Twitter forcing people to pay for verification, a number of blue check marks have disappeared from the feeds of some of the people you follow. In Saskatchewan, Premier Scott Moe is keeping his “Blue Check Mark” , with the government saying the premier is paying for that out of his own pocket. […]
Premier Scott Moe says he did not meet with Justin Trudeau last week because he was only offered five minutes with the prime minister during a Saskatchewan stop. Moe said the proposed short pull-aside meeting with Trudeau in Regina on Thursday would not have been sufficient to discuss the infrastructure fund, clean electricity standards and […]
