Murray Wood: Western separation talk borders on the absurd
Western separation isn't new, as Murray Wood reminds us. From fringe parties in the 1980s to bizarre border ideas today,...
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NDP to focus on health care and keeping things affordable for Sask. residents during sitting
Ryan Meili is heading into one final sitting as the leader of the Saskatchewan NDP. Meili announced Feb. 18 that he would be stepping down as leader of the party, just days after the NDP lost the Atha...
Mar 07, 2022 (980 CJME file photo)
Carla Beck officially begins run for NDP leadership
In and among the machinery of a manufacturing plant, Carla Beck made her first pitch to be the new leader of the Saskatchewan NDP. Beck said she has been hearing from so many people that they want cha...
Mar 03, 2022 Carla Beck announced her run for the NDP leadership Thursday morning. Mar. 3, 2022 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
'A human rights atrocity': Sask. NDP looking to help Ukraine
The Saskatchewan NDP is hoping politicians in the province can band together to help end the war between Ukraine and Russia. On Tuesday, NDP Finance Critic Trent Wotherspoon came out with strong words...
Mar 01, 2022 NDP MLA Trent Wotherspoon. (980 CJME file photo)
Saskatchewan NDP to elect new leader in June
It'll still be another few months before the Saskatchewan NDP has a new leader. The party said its council decided on the weekend to hold the leadership convention in late June to replace Ryan Meili. ...
Feb 28, 2022 Ryan Meili and Trent Wotherspoon faced off in the party's first leadership debate at its annual convention on Oct. 28, 2017. (980 CJME file photo)
Sask. NDP's Sarauer not ruling out leadership run
Nicole Sarauer is currently the deputy leader of the Saskatchewan NDP and some have her high on their list of potential candidates for the newly vacated leadership seat. When asked about it on Wednesd...
Feb 23, 2022 NDP MLA and deputy leader Nicole Sarauer on Feb. 23, 2022. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Ryan Meili to step aside when new Saskatchewan NDP leader elected
Ryan Meili has only one regret after serving almost four years as leader of the Saskatchewan NDP: His party wasn't better able to urge the provincial government to do more about the COVID-19 pandemic....
Feb 18, 2022 Ryan Meili announcing his resignation to media on Feb. 18, 2022 at his Saskatoon constituency office. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
NDP: Moe’s comments on trucker convoy are ‘egging on disruption and uncertainty’
Saskatchewan’s NDP is taking aim at Premier Scott Moe and comments he made recently during a national broadcast. During that interview, Moe was asked how he felt about convoys in both Ottawa and...
Feb 10, 2022
NDP calls for emergency debate on planned changes to public health measures
The Saskatchewan NDP is calling for the legislature to be recalled for emergency debate on the planned loosening of public health measures in the province. On Thursday, the province announced a plan f...
Feb 04, 2022
NDP releases report on housing and poverty, calls on government to do more
Meara Conway says she and others noticed a housing and poverty crisis in the province. That prompted the NDP Regina Elphinstone-Centre MLA to speak to different communities in the province about what ...
Jan 25, 2022 NDP MLA Meara Conway releases her report after public consultations on housing and poverty on Jan. 24, 2022. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
NDP calls for more business supports during Omicron wave
The Saskatchewan NDP feels businesses in the province are being left to fend for themselves by the government. "We are the only province without relief programs (for businesses)," Jobs Critic Aleana Y...
Jan 18, 2022 NDP Jobs Critic Aleana Young during a media availability on Jan. 18, 2022. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, July 18
Evan checks in with Premier Scott Moe. Then it's open phones, Bugs 'n Hugs, Eatin' Time, and Green & White Progs. We...