Murray Wood: Sask. farmers pay the price for Ottawa's gopher ban
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Campaigning for two: Aleana Young door-knocking while eight months pregnant
Door-knocking can be one of the most gruelling parts of a political campaign -- walking several kilometres a day, talking to people on the issues and trying to bring them to your side. But those tasks...
Oct 05, 2020 Aleana Young, NDP candidate for Regina University. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
No major surprises to come in election results: political scientist
The writ has been dropped and for the next four weeks or so the governing will stop and the campaigning will kick into high gear. On election night, Joe Garcea doesn't think there will be any major su...
Oct 04, 2020
NDP promises to work towards gender equality
The NDP is out with a pair of new campaign promises to promote women's equality. Regina Douglas Park candidate Nicole Sarauer announced that, if elected, the party would create new legislation to "clo...
Oct 03, 2020
Moe, Meili react to Trump testing positive for COVID-19
As political leaders in Saskatchewan believe they are doing everything to stop the spread of COVID-19, down south the virus has made a mark on the President's campaign. President Donald Trump tested p...
Oct 02, 2020
Sask. Party to increase scholarship; NDP focus on GTH and rural school funding
The Sask. Party is looking to help lighten the load when it comes to student tuition if re-elected. In a news release, the Sask. Party said a government under it would increase the Saskatchewan Advant...
Oct 02, 2020
NDP commits $150 million to education, addressing overstaffing and mental health supports
The Saskatchewan NDP has launched its first education promise of the 2020 campaign season. In front of Lawson Heights School in the Saskatoon Northwest riding Thursday, NDP candidate Gillian Strange t...
Oct 01, 2020
U of R prof offers insight into provincial election campaign
With the writ dropping Tuesday, the province has jumped into a political race that's to last the next four weeks. Jim Farney, an associate professor of politics and international studies at the Univer...
Sep 29, 2020
Writ drops; Saskatchewan election campaign underway
And they're off. After visiting Lt.-Gov. Russ Mirasty at Government House on Tuesday morning, Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe officially announced the Saskatchewan election campaign is underway. T...
Sep 29, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Liberals reach deal with NDP on COVID-19 aid bill, likely averting election
OTTAWA - The minority Liberal government has reached a deal with the New Democrats over legislation to support workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, securing the backing needed to survive a confidence...
Sep 25, 2020 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Former NDP candidate Morin running as independent in Regina Walsh Acres
Saskatchewan's NDP wouldn't let Sandra Morin run as one of its candidates, so now the former cabinet minister will be running against that party in Regina Walsh Acres. On Friday morning, Morin announc...
Sep 25, 2020 Sandra Morin announced on Sept. 25, 2020 she'll be running as an independent candidate in Regina Walsh Acres in the upcoming provincial election. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
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