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Meili resigning Saskatoon Meewasin seat as well as NDP leadership
Just moments after leaving the Saskatchewan legislature for the last time as an MLA, Ryan Meili said he was "feeling good." Meili announced Thursday morning that he will be resigning his seat as the M...
May 19, 2022
Frustrations run high in dwindling days of the legislative session
Proceedings in the Legislative Assembly were short two MLAs by the end of the day on Wednesday after they were kicked out during the proceedings. Emotions were running high as things moved into Questi...
May 19, 2022 NDP MLA Doyle Vermette. May 18, 2022 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Legislature security bill passes after contentious slog
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...
May 18, 2022 Minister of Corrections, Policing and Public Safety Christine Tell. (980 CJME file photo)
Families watch as suicide prevention committee voted down
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...
May 18, 2022 Frannie and Jude Ratt (l to r) lost their niece and daughter to suicide and support the NDP's call for a committee to find solutions to the province's suicide problem. May 17, 2022 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Public drinking bill in Saskatchewan adjourned
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...
May 17, 2022
SAID recipients calling to keep their pensions
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...
May 17, 2022 Barb Sambasivam speaks for her brother, James MacLachlan, who is a SAID recipient and who she said isn't getting enough to live on. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Liquor legislation introduced in Sask., but likely won't pass
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...
May 16, 2022 Minister Responsible for SLGA Jim Reiter on May 16, 2022. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Saskatchewan 'favourable' to further supporting Alberta on Bill C-69
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,...
May 15, 2022 Minister Bronwyn Eyre speaks to media in the legislature rotunda. May 11, 2022 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Saskatchewan government votes down bill for paid sick leave
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...
May 12, 2022 Minister Don Morgan has decided not to seek re-election in 2024. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
'SIS is a nightmare': Single parents floundering with social assistance
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...
May 12, 2022 Frank Francoeur is a single father on Saskatchewan Income Supplement and says problems with that program have him facing eviction with no help. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
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Sarah Mills: Trudeau's behaviour after leaving office isn't endearing him to the public
Sarah Mills says the former PM has skied with a prince, appeared on Instagram with a backwards cap alongside his popstar...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, April 17
On Friday's show, Evan entertains the question of whether Pierre Poilievre should step down as Conservative Party leader...