Federal Politics

Year in Review: Top 2021 stories in Meadow Lake (Pt. 2)

During the Christmas season, our team at Pattison Media is once again producing positive stories based around holiday traditions and accomplishments for the region.Marking an exciting return and rejuv...

Dec 31, 2021

Canada reintroducing PCR tests for travel abroad amid Omicron spike

The federal government is beefing up its travel restrictions as Omicron begins to take hold across the country.Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos announced Friday that Canada is reintroducing th...

Dec 17, 2021

Statistics Canada says annual inflation rate in November held steady at 4.7 per cent

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the annual pace of inflation held steady in November as the consumer price index rose 4.7 per cent compared with a year ago.The result matched the year-over-year increa...

Dec 15, 2021

Federal Conservatives back province on removing CP Rail’s tax exemptions

The federal Conservatives are trying to change part of the Constitution.MPs from Saskatchewan have put forward a motion to repeal Section 24 of the Saskatchewan Act.That's the section the CP Rail comp...

Dec 13, 2021

Canada’s public health needs renewal, says Dr. Theresa Tam

OTTAWA - Canada's top doctor is urging the federal government to transform its public health system so the country is better equipped to handle future and present health threats.Chief public health of...

Dec 13, 2021

No evidence Liberals knew appeal over residential school payments was dropped: Miller

OTTAWA - Canada's Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister says the federal government will soon release some of the residential school records it's been criticized for withholding to a national archives c...

Dec 06, 2021

Canada bans travellers from southern Africa due to new variant

With a new COVID-19 variant of concern on the rise, Canada is banning visitors who travelled through southern Africa.During a media conference Friday, Transport Minister Omar Alghabra announced the ba...

Nov 26, 2021

MP Vidal calling on feds to challenge softwood tariffs

Following an announcement revealing the tariffs on softwood lumber would be increasing to double the previous rate, Desneth-Missinippi-Churchill River MP Gary Vidal is calling for action to remedy the...

Nov 26, 2021

Child poverty rate in Saskatchewan third highest in country, says new report

Saskatchewan's child poverty rate is well above the Canadian average, and greater than all other provinces and territories except Manitoba and Nunavut, according to research done by the University of ...

Nov 24, 2021

COVID vaccine approved for young children: parents and school officials react

Amanda Morin has three children between the ages of five and nine years old, and despite Friday's announcement from Health Canada that the Pfizer vaccine has been approved for children between the age...

Nov 19, 2021