Author Archives: Lisa Schick

Bill 70, which has taken up a lot of room in debates and a lot of air in the Legislative Building over the past session, has finally passed and is expected to be given royal assent on Thursday. The bi...

Jude Ratt was disappointed and angry after watching the Saskatchewan government decline to strike a bipartisan special committee of the Legislature with the NDP on the mental health crisis and addicti...

Drinkers will have to keep a cork in it in parks in Saskatchewan for a while longer. On Tuesday afternoon, debate was adjourned on Bill 86, which would have allowed municipalities to decide for themse...

James MacLachlan has myotonic dystrophy and worked at SARCAN for 20 years, paying all his taxes and -- with the help of savings from his late mother -- paying for his care too. But MacLachlan got olde...

The Saskatchewan government is looking to give municipalities power over whether people can crack a beer in the park, while the Saskatchewan NDP is telling the government to pump the brakes. On Monday...

Saskatchewan's natural resources minister is calling the Alberta Court of Appeal's decision this week positive and hopeful. The decision found the Impact Assessment Act, previously known as Bill C-69,...

On Thursday, the Saskatchewan Party government voted down an NDP bill that would have provided 10 days of paid sick leave for workers in the province. The NDP had invited workers to the Legislative ga...

Since even before the Saskatchewan Income Supplement (SIS) program became mandatory, people have been raising the alarm and pointing out what they feel are serious problems. On Thursday, two single pa...

In about a week, there will be a few more steps added to the process of purchasing a gun in Canada, all in the name of safety - but there are those who don't think it's going to do much on that front....

With the possibility of big changes to the reproductive rights landscape in the United States, some people in Saskatchewan are taking a look at the accessibility of abortion services here. When asked ...