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MP Erin Weir vows to keep fighting after Singh boots him from NDP caucus
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh kicked Saskatchewan MP Erin Weir out of his party's caucus Thursday as he tried to close the book on what has become a messy and increasingly combative controversy fo...
May 04, 2018
Regina MP Erin Weir kicked out of NDP caucus
Regina-Lewvan MP Erin Weir has been kicked out of the federal NDP caucus for speaking publicly about the harassment allegations against him. Speaking to media Thursday morning in Ottawa, NDP leader Ja...
May 03, 2018 Regina-Lewvan MP Erin Weir was expelled from the federal NDP caucus On May 2, 2018. (Erin Weir/Facebook)
MPs vote overwhelmingly to call on Pope again for residential schools apology
OTTAWA - Members of Parliament on all sides of the House of Commons voted Tuesday to extend a formal invitation to Pope Francis to apologize in person to Indigenous Peoples for decades of abuse meted ...
May 02, 2018
Swift Current still home as Brad Wall takes job with Calgary-based firm
Brad Wall will still call Swift Current home despite taking a new position at a Calgary-based law firm. Saskatchewan's former premier has accepted a position as a special advisor with Osler, Hoskin an...
May 01, 2018 Premier Brad Wall announces plans to retire during a press conference on Aug. 10, 2017. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
Liberals lead, but Conservatives narrow gap: Mainstreet poll
The federal Liberals are hurting a bit in the polls, but they would still form government if there was an election today, according Mainstreet Research. The latest Mainstreet Research poll surveyed 9,...
Apr 26, 2018
Carbon court: Saskatchewan seeks Court of Appeal ruling on federal carbon tax
REGINA - The Saskatchewan government is asking the province's Appeal Court to rule on whether Ottawa can impose a carbon tax but the federal government says it is confident it will prevail. Saskatchew...
Apr 26, 2018
B.C. asks court to affirm right to protect environment from heavy oils
By Dirk Meissner VICTORIA - The British Columbia government will ask a court if legislative amendments allow it to control the flow of heavy oils through the province to protect human health, the envi...
Apr 26, 2018
Sask. launches carbon tax challenge in court
Saskatchewan's fight against the federal carbon tax has advanced to the next round. The government has launched a constitutional reference case in the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal to challenge the fed...
Apr 25, 2018 Environment Minister Dustin Duncan, Premier Scott Moe and Justice Minister Don Morgan announce the court challenge against a federal carbon tax April 25, 2018. (Sarah Mills/980 CJME)
NAFTA: Political heavyweights hit Washington in hunt for deal
WASHINGTON - Negotiations have entered an around-the-clock phase in an effort to get a new NAFTA agreement within days, with top political staff converging in Washington for meetings stretching into t...
Apr 25, 2018
MLA Warren Steinley wins federal conservative nomination
A Saskatchewan Party MLA out of Regina will be on the ballot for the Conservatives in the next federal election. Warren Steinley currently represents Regina Walsh Acres in the Saskatchewan Legislative...
Apr 23, 2018 Warren Steinley. (Sask Party website)
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