Federal Election

Singh fields questions in Saskatoon West town hall

Downtown Saskatoon was flooded with enthusiastic New Democratic Party (NDP) supporters on Friday morning.Party leader Jagmeet Singh took questions at the Saskatoon Francophone Federation's Le Relais C...

Oct 05, 2019 Jagmeet Singh with NDP Supporters at Le Relais rental hall on October 4, 2019 (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)

Feds fight ruling on compensation for failures in First Nations child services

OTTAWA - The federal government is appealing a ruling by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ordering Ottawa to pay $2 billion in compensation to First Nations children and their families who were sepa...

Oct 04, 2019 The Trudeau government is challenging the court's ruling on compensation for First Nations child services. (Canadian Press)

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh to host town hall in Saskatoon

Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is expected to visit Le Relais - Federation Des Francophones De Saskatoon on Friday for a town hall style event.Singh is scheduled to share his party's vision for a mo...

Oct 03, 2019 Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh addressed reporters after a speech to the FSIN in Saskatoon on Oct. 26, 2017. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)

Scheer speaks to cheering crowd during brief stop in Saskatoon

Even though he arrived almost an hour late and spoke for only 12 minutes, Andrew Scheer didn't need to try too hard to impress a crowd of vocal party supporters at the Saskatoon Farmer's Market on Sat...

Sep 29, 2019 (File photo/CJME News Staff)

U of R prof has theory on leaders’ lack of stops in Saskatchewan

It's roughly halfway through the federal election campaign and only one party leader has stopped in Saskatchewan.Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau campaigned in the province last week, holding a town hall...

Sep 28, 2019 (File photo/CKOM News Staff)

Scheer, Singh campaign in their parties’ regions of relative strength

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh kept their campaign machines rolling Saturday - and they focused their efforts on their parties' historic strongholds.Scheer pro...

Sep 28, 2019 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

Trudeau finds friendly Liberal crowd at Saskatoon town hall, apologizes again for ‘brownface’ photos

Liberal Party Leader Justin Trudeau made his first stop in Saskatchewan on the federal campaign trail on Thursday evening, hosting a town hall in Saskatoon amid a cloud of controversy.The event, held ...

Sep 20, 2019 (File photo/CJME News Staff)

Third Trudeau racist makeup incident emerges

Two images of Liberal leader Justin Trudeau in brown or black makeup have emerged in the last 12 hours, and now Global News is reporting a third instance.The broadcaster says it has obtained an exclus...

Sep 19, 2019 Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau reacts as he makes a statement in regards to photo coming to light of himself from 2001 wearing "brownface" during a scrum on his campaign plane in Halifax, N.S., on Wednesday, September 18, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Trudeau scheduled for Saskatoon rally amid brownface controversy

Liberal Party Leader Justin Trudeau is set to make his first Saskatchewan stop of the 2019 election campaign on Thursday, when he's scheduled to lead a rally in Saskatoon.An event listing on the party...

Sep 19, 2019 (File photo/CJME News Staff)

Yearbook photo surfaces of Trudeau wearing 'brownface' costume in 2001

OTTAWA - A yearbook photo of Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau wearing "brownface" makeup at a costume party in 2001 has landed on the federal election campaign. Time magazine has posted the photo, which ...

Sep 18, 2019 (Time Magazine/time.com)