Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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NDP leader calls for health minister’s job, action against fourth wave
The Saskatchewan NDP leader is demanding action on COVID-19 from the government to protect the province against the fourth wave. On Friday, opposition leader Ryan Meili spoke to media in Saskatoon to ...
Aug 27, 2021
NDP calls on urgent action for long-term care homes and for leaders to come out of hiding
Less than a year ago a COVID-19 outbreak was declared at long-term care home Extendicare Parkside. As a result, 39 seniors lost their lives. On Monday, the SHA confirmed several outbreaks in long-term...
Aug 24, 2021 Sask. NDP Leader, Ryan Meili reacts to outbreak in long-term care homes.
'It is criminal, it is negligent': NDP react to back to school planning
With the school season around the corner, the New Democratic Party (NDP) of Saskatchewan feels the lack of plan for kids returning to be worrying, and a moment of deja-vu. "The Saskatchewan Party took...
Aug 24, 2021 Sask. NDP Leader, Ryan Meili, reacted to the governments back to school plan. (Mattea Columpsi/980 CJME)
Sask. Medical Association urging masks and vaccines in schools
The Saskatchewan Medical Association is joining the chorus of voices calling for more measures ahead of school starting to stop the spread of COVID-19 in the classroom. "We want students to return to ...
Aug 18, 2021 Swift Current teacher Riley Sharp gets his COVID vaccine on May 1, 2021. (Riley Sharp/Facebook)
NDP calling for clear back-to-school plan, province considering allowing 11-year-olds vaccinations
In two weeks, thousands of kids will be streaming into schools once again, but with public health orders and the Delta variant now dominant the NDP is sounding the alarm. "As a parent, I think that I ...
Aug 18, 2021 NDP Education critic Carla Beck. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
NDP rejects SGI’s proposed increases, advocates for cut rates for Sask. families at hearing
Saskatchewan NDP continued in their quest to cut driving insurance rates, rejecting SGI’s proposed increases at the Saskatchewan Rate Review Panel hearing Monday evening. Official opposition cri...
Aug 17, 2021
Little change expected in Saskatchewan as federal election kicks off
As Canadians prepare to head to the polls Sept. 20, it seems the only question in Saskatchewan to answer is whether there'll be any colour but blue. In 2019, the province went entirely Conservative in...
Aug 15, 2021 (Andrew Shepherd/980 CJME file photo)
Trudeau expected to trigger fall election this weekend as Canada enters 4th wave
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to trigger an election on Sunday by asking Gov. Gen. Mary Simon to dissolve Parliament even though Canada's top doctor says the country is now in th...
Aug 12, 2021 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Belanger resigning as NDP MLA to seek federal Liberal nomination
Athabasca MLA Buckley Belanger has set his sights on federal politics and will be resigning from his current provincial seat on Sunday. He made the announcement Tuesday during an online media conferen...
Aug 10, 2021 NDP MLA Buckley Belanger for Athabasca. Jun. 9 2021 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Reveal cost of rebranding Crowns and scrap those plans, says NDP leader Ryan Meili
NDP leader Ryan Meili is calling on the government to jettison its plans to rebrand the province's Crown corporations. Meili said the party submitted a freedom of information request to SaskTel, getti...
Jul 31, 2021 NDP Leader Ryan Meili on June 9, 2021. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
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Sarah Mills: The prime minister needs to live by his own bilingual rules
Sarah Mills says Mark Carney largely speaking French in his call to astronaut Jeremy Hansen breaks a standard he set whe...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, April 10
8:30 - After another conservative MP crossed the floor to the Liberals earlier this week, we wanted to get thoughts from...