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Victor Lau still hopeful despite 20-year electoral drought
As of Oct. 26, Victor Lau's name will be on the ballot for the Regina Douglas Park riding for the fifth time. The last four times, he has not received more than 565 votes. He started in politics in th...
Oct 09, 2020 Victor Lau, Green Party candidate in Regina Douglas Park and deputy leader (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Election campaign a balancing act for young families
Mounting a political campaign takes time and effort but so does having a small child. Some candidates in the coming election are taking on both. Nicole Sarauer, the NDP candidate for Regina Douglas Pa...
Oct 07, 2020 Nicole Sarauer, NDP candidate for Regina Douglas Park (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
‘An abundance of caution’: McVeety School closed for two weeks over COVID-19 case
Students from Marion McVeety School in Regina's Hillsdale area will be heading to their computers on Thursday instead of the classroom -- the school has been closed for two weeks due to a staff member...
Oct 07, 2020 Marion McVeety School. (Google Maps)
Campaigning for two: Aleana Young door-knocking while eight months pregnant
Door-knocking can be one of the most gruelling parts of a political campaign -- walking several kilometres a day, talking to people on the issues and trying to bring them to your side. But those tasks...
Oct 05, 2020 Aleana Young, NDP candidate for Regina University. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
No major surprises to come in election results: political scientist
The writ has been dropped and for the next four weeks or so the governing will stop and the campaigning will kick into high gear. On election night, Joe Garcea doesn't think there will be any major su...
Oct 04, 2020
Sask. Party promises SaskPower rebate
Standing at a podium in the middle of the large empty space serving as Gary Grewal's campaign office, Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe on Thursday promised savings for SaskPower customers if his pa...
Oct 01, 2020 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
U of R prof offers insight into provincial election campaign
With the writ dropping Tuesday, the province has jumped into a political race that's to last the next four weeks. Jim Farney, an associate professor of politics and international studies at the Univer...
Sep 29, 2020
Former NDP candidate Morin running as independent in Regina Walsh Acres
Saskatchewan's NDP wouldn't let Sandra Morin run as one of its candidates, so now the former cabinet minister will be running against that party in Regina Walsh Acres. On Friday morning, Morin announc...
Sep 25, 2020 Sandra Morin announced on Sept. 25, 2020 she'll be running as an independent candidate in Regina Walsh Acres in the upcoming provincial election. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Municipal polling stations to be in schools despite strict school bubbles
Part of the plan to keep schools as safe as possible during the COVID-19 pandemic is to keep the people at a school to a minimum. That means no visitors -- and even parents are being asked to leave th...
Sep 24, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Schools investigating clothing stains from disinfectant
The first couple of weeks of school seem to have gone well in Saskatchewan, except these days, some kids in Regina are coming home with stains on their clothes. It's believed to be from the Vital Oxid...
Sep 24, 2020 (Natasha Boughen/Twitter)
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Sarah Mills: Canada is getting a taste of FIFA's World Cup demands
Sarah Mills says a full motorcade with a police escort for the FIFA president is unnecessary, but it shows that the orga...
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