Federal Politics

Feds to require negative COVID-19 test at land borders

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says starting next week, anyone arriving in Canada by land will also need to show a recent negative COVID-19 test.Trudeau says the new measure will kick in Feb. ...

Feb 09, 2021

Feds to require negative COVID-19 test at land borders

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says starting next week, anyone arriving in Canada by land will also need to show a recent negative COVID-19 test.Trudeau says the new measure will kick in Feb. ...

Feb 09, 2021

Conservative MP and travel agency react to new international travel restrictions

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Canada's latest COVID-19 related international travel restrictions on Friday, Jan. 29.Beginning Jan. 31 and until the end of April, all flights to sunny destina...

Jan 29, 2021

Local reaction to White House changes mixed

While many people in North America celebrated the inauguration of U.S. President Joe Biden yesterday, the reaction from political and business figures in Saskatchewan was quite restrained.This stems f...

Jan 21, 2021

Trudeau vows to keep up the fight to sway U.S. on merits of Keystone XL pipeline

WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will continue to fight to convince president-elect Joe Biden's administration of the merits of the Keystone XL pipeline expansion. Trudeau says K...

Jan 19, 2021

Kenney says Alberta has strong legal argument if Keystone project killed in U.S.

CALGARY - Premier Jason Kenney says Alberta has a strong legal basis for seeking damages if the Keystone XL pipeline expansion is killed.Documents seen by The Canadian Press show Joe Biden plans to sc...

Jan 18, 2021

Conservative MP's react to cabinet appointments

The reshuffling for Prime Minster Justin Trudeau's Federal Cabinet has prompted mix reaction from conservative members of Parliament.One of the notable appointments was that of former Natural Resource...

Jan 14, 2021

Federal inmates to receive COVID vaccine Friday under pilot program, union says

The union representing federal correctional officers is expressing disappointment, upon hearing news hundreds of doses of COVID vaccine are be delivered later this week to federal inmates across the c...

Jan 06, 2021

A list of politicians who travelled abroad despite pandemic-era advice to stay home

A number of politicians have admitted to leaving the country over the December holiday period, even as their constituents adhered to public health guidance meant to curb the spread of COVID-19 and hun...

Jan 04, 2021

Hope and the Future: MP Vidal

The COVID-19 pandemic makes 2020 a year many may prefer to forget but there is hope for the future. We've decided to make that the focus of our series of end-of-year stories.The rollout of the COVID-1...

Dec 28, 2020