Federal Politics

Feds unveil new COVID-19 stream for provincial infrastructure program

OTTAWA - Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna says the government is setting up a new COVID-19 funding stream out of Ottawa's existing infrastructure programs. It will set aside up to 10 per cent...

May 12, 2020

Feds pledge one-time benefit top-up to seniors in COVID-19 aid

OTTAWA - The federal government is giving seniors a one-time, tax-free top-up payment to help manage extra costs associated with COVID-19. Seniors Minister Deb Schulte says seniors who rece...

May 12, 2020

Feds pledge COVID-19 financing help for the country's biggest companies

OTTAWA - The federal government says it will provide loans and financing to the country's largest employers to help them weather the COVID-19 economic crisis. The Liberals are promising bridge financi...

May 11, 2020

Feds to partly cover 'top ups' for front-line workers on minimum wage

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government, provinces and territories will spend $4 billion to increase the wages of essential workers in the COVID-19 pandemic. He says th...

May 07, 2020

Trudeau says he does not share view that oil and gas sector is beyond saving

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he does not agree that oil and gas in Canada is dead. Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet and Green parliamentary leader Elizabeth May both claim t...

May 07, 2020

Feds to partly cover 'top ups' for front-line workers on minimum wage

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government, provinces and territories will spend $4 billion to increase the wages of essential workers in the COVID-19 pandemic. He says th...

May 07, 2020

Northern fishers seek aid as COVID-19 shuts down market

The fishing industry across northern Saskatchewan is facing an uncertain year because of COVID-19. With restaurants closed there are no orders of their product coming in, hundreds of livelihoods are i...

May 06, 2020

Local MP successfully advocates for Indigenous limited-liability partnerships

In a letter to Bill Morneau, Minister of Finance on April 15, Gary Vidal, Member of Parliament for Desneth-Missinippi-Churchill River riding, and Shadow Cabinet Minister for Indigenous Services, asked...

May 04, 2020 Gary Vidal, Member of Parliament for Desnethé-Missinippi-Churchill River, and Shadow Cabinet Minister for Indigenous Services (Nicole Reis/meadowlakeNOW Staff)

Going back to work may mean paying back CERB benefits for some employees

Monday, May 4 will mark the first phase of the re-opening of a select few types of businesses and services in Saskatchewan, after nearly two months.That also means, that some employees who were previo...

May 01, 2020 Photo Courtesy: Government of Canada, CRA

Trudeau announces ban on 1,500 types of 'military-style' guns

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is banning a range of assault-style guns, with an order that takes effect immediately.The cabinet order he describes doesn't forbid o...

May 01, 2020