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NDP wants province to call on military for help with COVID-19
As COVID-19 cases rise by hundreds each day and hospitalizations continue to hit record highs, Saskatchewan's NDP is calling for the provincial government to extend a request to the Canadian military ...
Sep 22, 2021 Saskatchewan NDP Health Critic Vicki Mowat calls on the provincial government to reach out to the military to ask for help in dealing with rising COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations on Sept. 22, 2021. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
'They're not indestructible,' SUN president says as nurses face hospital protests
The union representing Saskatchewan's nurses would welcome action from the province to keep protesters a certain distance from health care facilities. There have been protests outside hospitals across...
Sep 19, 2021
NDP leader visits Saskatchewan as election campaign nears finish line
In the waning days of the federal election campaign, NDP leader Jagmeet Singh paid another trip to Saskatchewan. On Saturday morning, Singh was in Saskatoon, where there are three ridings up for grabs...
Sep 18, 2021 Federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh with Indigenous leaders and youth at the Regina Industrial School Cemetary on Sept. 18, 2021. (Joseph Ho/980 CJME)
Meili calls on Moe to resume news conferences, release COVID data to public
After seven new COVID-19 deaths and 472 new cases were announced Friday, Saskatchewan NDP Leader Ryan Meili wants to see more done. Meili called for Premier Scott Moe to respond to several demands in ...
Sep 17, 2021
'Too little, too late': NDP Leader Ryan Meili on new measures in Sask.
NDP Leader Ryan Meili is describing Saskatchewan's new COVID-19 measures as "too little, too late." The leader of the opposition released a statement in response to the new measures announced by Premi...
Sep 17, 2021 NDP Leader Ryan Meili. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
How the three major parties are pitching a pandemic recovery
Canada’s federal election campaign began Aug. 15 with Justin Trudeau saying voters had a choice about how they wanted to rebuild after the COVID-19 pandemic. Analysts are forecasting national de...
Sep 15, 2021
NDP demands measures to protect health-care workers from harassment, intimidation
The Saskatchewan NDP is calling on the provincial government to bar protests outside health-care facilities including hospitals, clinics and pharmacies. At a news conference outside the Regina General...
Sep 14, 2021 Saskatchewan NDP Leader Ryan Meili flanked by Labour Critic Carla Beck and Justice Critic Nicole Sarauer. At a news conference outside the Regina General Hospital on Sept. 14, the party called for protests to be outlawed outside health-care facilities to protect workers from harassment and intimidation. (Joseph Ho/980 CJME)
NDP calls for mandatory vaccinations for Crown, public service workers
As he painted the picture of a runaway public health crisis, there was a new wrinkle in NDP Leader Ryan Meili's familiar demands for measures to get a handle on the COVID-19 pandemic's fourth wave. On...
Sep 10, 2021 NDP Leader Ryan Meili. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Private care-home owner warns against federal NDP plan on public-run homes
With the federal election coming up during the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a lot of discussion around long-term care homes (LTC). Some of the country's worst COVID outbreaks were in LTCs. It was...
Sep 07, 2021 Willow Creek Manor (submitted/Shirley Ann Friesen)
NDP calls for legislature return to debate COVID-19 surge
Saskatchewan NDP leader Ryan Meili is calling on the provincial government to reconvene the legislature and debate the government’s handling of a COVID-19 surge. The Leader of the Opposition mad...
Sep 04, 2021
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