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'A lot of soul-searching going on:' U of S professor says NDP facing uphill battle
A Saskatoon political expert thinks the Saskatchewan NDP is facing an uphill battle in the upcoming provincial election. Dr. Joe Garcea, a political studies professor at the University of Saskatchewan...
Sep 25, 2020 (Saskatchewan New Democratic Party/Facebook)
NDP candidate named for Regina Walsh Acres
Kelly Hardy has been named the Saskatchewan NDP's candidate in Regina Walsh Acres for the upcoming provincial election. The NDP broke the news in an email sent Thursday night. In a news release, the p...
Sep 25, 2020 NDP leader Ryan Meili (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
NDP fires riding association president in Regina Walsh Acres
About a month after the Saskatchewan NDP removed a candidate for the Regina Walsh Acres riding, the party has removed the president of the riding association as well. Barb Dedi said she got an email f...
Sep 23, 2020 (Barb Dedi/Facebook)
NDP promises to take corporate, out-of-province money out of Sask. politics
NDP Leader Ryan Meili says Saskatchewan has the worst campaign finance laws in the country, and he's pledging to fix them if his party forms government this fall. "We need to level the playing field a...
Sep 23, 2020 NDP Leader Ryan Meili announcing his party's intention to ban corporate and out-of-province political donations on Sept. 23, 2020. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
NDP leader promises $10 million for student mental health
Saskatchewan NDP Leader Ryan Meili has promised $10 million to support student mental health should he become premier this fall. Half of that money would be used to hire 50 mental health nurses for sc...
Sep 21, 2020 NDP candidate for Regina-University Aleana Young speaking at an announcement where leader Ryan Meili (right) pledged $10 million to support student mental health. (Joseph Ho/980 CJME)
Meili, NDP commit to increasing geothermal energy presence in Sask.
Ryan Meili and the Saskatchewan NDP want to make geothermal energy a focal point in the province's future. In an emailed new release, Meili and Finance Critic Trent Wotherspoon said an NDP government ...
Sep 17, 2020 Sask. NDP Leader Ryan Meili (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
NDP hopes to ban private health services, increase investment in health
The Saskatchewan NDP is hoping to reform the provincial health-care system. The party announced a new policy Wednesday entitled The Saskatchewan Medicare Protection Act. A major change it lists is ban...
Sep 16, 2020 NDP Leader Ryan Meili and NDP Health Critic Vicki Mowat speaking on their plans for health-care changes on Sept. 16, 2020. (Dominick Lucyk/980 CJME)
In pre-campaign announcement, Meili promises rebates, break on auto insurance
Saskatchewan NDP Leader Ryan Meili is promising to have SGI cut auto premiums by seven per cent and to give policyholders a $100 rebate if he's elected premier in the fall election. The money would co...
Sep 10, 2020 NDP Leader Ryan Meili speaks in Regina on Sept. 10, 2020, promising to cut SGI auto insurance premiums and to give policyholders a $100 rebate. (Joseph Ho/980 CJME)
Sask. NDP promises universal child care
With the provincial election coming up in October, Saskatchewan NDP leader Ryan Meili is promising new policies on child care if he’s elected. Meili promised universal child care at a press conf...
Sep 04, 2020
‘No justifiable reason’: Sandra Morin speaks out about nomination
Sandra Morin doesn't have the endorsement of the leader of the NDP, but she's still out campaigning in Regina Walsh Acres. About 15 months after she got the nomination from the party in the riding, Mo...
Sep 03, 2020 (Sandra Morin NDP/Facebook)
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