Sarah Mills: Does this Canada Day feel different due to 'elbows up' attitude?
Does Canada Day feel different this year? Sarah Mills says we should be cheering harder for Canada than ever due to our ...
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'Don't light the fireplace' and other survival tips for new Sask. MLAs
Just like new students preparing for class, at least 21 new MLAs will wear metaphorical backpacks - packed with campaign promises - into the Saskatchewan Legislative Building for the first time this f...
Aug 26, 2024
OPINION: Governor General visits Saskatchewan - let's see the bill
Forgive me if I'm not exactly giddy over Gov. Gen. Mary Simon's official visit to Saskatchewan this week. The Governor General is currently in the midst of her first official stop in the province, tak...
Apr 23, 2024
Hundreds in Regina protest new provincial pronoun and sex education policy
It was an emotional Saturday at the Saskatchewan Legislature. Hundreds gathered outside of the front steps to protest against the new pronoun and sex education policy implemented by the provincial gov...
Sep 03, 2023 Protesters gather outside Saskatchewan Legislature to protest provinces new pronoun and sex education policy.
Photo: Sarah Wood
Mid-year financial update expected Tuesday
It's unlikely to make as big a splash as the first-quarter update, but the Saskatchewan government is poised to release its financial update for the first half of the fiscal year late Tuesday morning....
Nov 29, 2022 Saskatchewan Finance Minister Donna Harpauer. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Error leads to vast overpayment in Social Services benefits
A payment system error within the Ministry of Social Services on Wednesday led to a vast, but temporary, overpayment of benefits. About 175 people receiving income assistance from the provincial gover...
Oct 14, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
Hundreds gather at legislature for Indigenous Lives Matter rally
Brightly coloured skirts swished and the smell of sage filled the air at the Saskatchewan Legislative Building in Regina. Signs reading "We will not forget MMIWG," "Idle No More" and "No More Stolen S...
Jun 22, 2020 Hundreds gathered at the Saskatchewan Legislative Building in Regina on June 21, 2020 in honour of National Indigenous Peoples Day. (Libby Giesbrecht/980 CJME)
Updated budget to be tabled when Saskatchewan Legislature resumes
By the time the Saskatchewan Legislature resumes sitting June 15, it will have been almost three months since the sitting was suspended for the pandemic. On Tuesday, the government and official opposi...
Jun 01, 2020
Saskatchewan legislature to resume sitting on June 15
The Saskatchewan legislature is to resume sitting June 15, nearly three months after its spring session was adjourned due to concerns over the spread of COVID-19. In a joint media release Tuesday, the...
May 26, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
No timeline yet on when Sask. Legislature could return
Despite both the province and opposition NDP continuing to say they both want the legislative process to reconvene, there is still no timeline on when that may be. During Thursday's COVID-19 briefing,...
May 21, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Premier says work is ongoing for some sort of ‘legislative oversight’
Saskatchewan's NDP is calling for "oversight and accountability" and for the legislature to resume sitting. NDP Leader Ryan Meili sent a letter to the Premier on Monday, saying the legislature needs t...
May 11, 2020
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Murray Wood: Trump trade tantrum shows U.S. president still as unstable as ever
Murray Wood says he's still trying to avoid buying anything made in the U.S.A., along with travel south of the border, b...
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The Evan Bray Show - Monday, June 30
WITH GUEST HOST BRENT LOUCKS 8:30 - On Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump announced he was ending all trade talks with ...