Tag Archives: Provincial Politics
'It's a great day': Witchekan First Nation recognizes Orange Shirt Day
Just days away from the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a sea of orange flooded the streets in Spiritwood on Friday.Dozens of students and staff from Kisikohk First Nation School at Witchek...
Sep 27, 2024
Meadow Lake to receive $817,000 for targeted policing intiatives
Support from the Saskatchewan government for policing in Meadow Lake continues. The Ministry of Corrections, Policing and Public Safety's Municipal Police Grants program will provide $816,900 in 2024-...
Sep 27, 2024
SHA reaffirms commitment to Truth and Reconciliation
The colour orange filled gallery room 'A' at TCU Place in Saskatoon as the Saskatchewan Health Authority reaffirmed its commitment to Truth and Reconciliation.New documents were signed that included p...
Sep 26, 2024
Pêmiska Tourism receives provincial hospitality award
A reconciliation destination south of Prince Albert has received a Hospitality Saskatchewan Award of Excellence. Pmiska Tourism has been named Indigenous Tourism Experience of the Year. "We're so hono...
Sep 26, 2024
'Axe the tax' and 'jail, not bail': Catching up with MP Rosemarie Falk
The fall sitting of Parliament started much the same way it ended for Battlefords-Lloydminster MP Rosemarie Falk and her fellow Conservatives: staying focused on the carbon tax and the economy. "I wil...
Sep 24, 2024
NDP rolls out $1.1 billion funding plan for Saskatchewan health care
Saskatchewan health-care workers continue to sound the alarm as they say the system in the province is in complete "crisis". Janell Hubbard, general vice president of CUPE 5430, said health-care worke...
Sep 24, 2024
Challenge to Saskatchewan’s pronoun law gets its day in court
REGINA - Saskatchewan's Court of Appeal is hearing arguments about a provincial law that requires parental consent when children under 16 want to change their names or pronouns at school.A judge ruled...
Sep 23, 2024
Court to hear appeal arguments over challenge to Saskatchewan's pronoun law
Saskatchewan's Appeal Court is set to hear arguments over the next two days about a provincial law that requires parental consent when children under 16 want to change their names or pronouns at schoo...
Sep 23, 2024
NDP promises to apologize to survivors of Île-à-la-Crosse and Timber Bay residential schools
Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck has committed that an NDP government would apologize and take ownership for the damage caused to First Nations and Mtis people at the le--la-Crosse and Timber Bay re...
Sep 20, 2024
Sask. Party has full slate of candidates, five with impaired driving convictions
The Saskatchewan Party has announced they have a full slate of candidates, including five with previous impaired driving charges, for the fall election. The party included the five with charges in a n...
Sep 20, 2024