Murray Wood: Sask. farmers pay the price for Ottawa's gopher ban
Gophers are chewing through crops and profits, and farmers blame Ottawa's strychnine ban. They say the damage is out of ...
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Ottawa could offer carbon rebates directly to residents in holdout provinces
OTTAWA - The federal government is giving itself the legal wiggle room to give carbon tax rebate cheques directly to people in those provinces that refuse to impose a carbon tax of their own. A draft ...
Jan 16, 2018
Alberta, Saskatchewan to meet on licence plate dispute, but can’t agree on site
EDMONTON - Alberta and Saskatchewan have a date for a meeting to discuss their trade issues, but Alberta says it will come too late to resolve a standoff over licence plates. Alberta Economic Developm...
Jan 16, 2018
Canada’s tough guy move at WTO will gain U.S. respect, says trade minister
LONDON, Ont. - The Trudeau government appears to have adopted a good-cop, bad-cop strategy for saving NAFTA - coming up with some "creative" new proposals in response to unpalatable U.S. demands while...
Jan 11, 2018 Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne. (THE CANADIAN PRESS)
Trudeau tells town hall heckler that he, too, is angry about Khadr’s settlement
HAMILTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told a woman heckling him about Omar Khadr during a town hall Wednesday in Hamilton that he, too, is angry about the $10.5 million his government paid last sum...
Jan 11, 2018
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faces difficult questions at town hall in Halifax
HALIFAX - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faced difficult questions from the crowd at a town hall in the Halifax area Tuesday, including from a member of the navy who has ALS and from the mother of a bo...
Jan 10, 2018
Tochor announces bid for federal Conservative nomination
Fresh off resigning from his position as speaker of the Saskatchewan legislature, Corey Tochor announced Monday that he plans to make the jump to federal politics. Tochor held an event in Saskatoon to...
Jan 08, 2018 Corey Tochor resigned his position as Speaker at the Saskatchewan legislature Jan. 5, 2018. (Sarah Mills/980 CJME)
Saskatoon MLA resigns as speaker, considers federal run
Corey Tochor has resigned as Speaker of the Saskatchewan legislature in order to consider a run at federal politics. Notably, if he decides to go ahead, Tochor would be seeking the federal Conservativ...
Jan 05, 2018 Corey Tochor resigned his position as Speaker at the Saskatchewan legislature Jan. 5, 2018. (Sarah Mills/980 CJME)
‘An interesting time:’ Sask. political watcher eyes 2018
For Saskatchewan political watchers, 2018 may prove to be a banner year. Brad Wall's time as premier comes to an end at the end of January. A new premier will be selected in a Sask. Party leadership v...
Jan 02, 2018 (From left to right): Sask. Party leadership candidates Scott Moe, Alanna Koch, Tina Beaudry-Mellor, Gord Wyant and Ken Cheveldayoff took the stage at the party's convention in Saskatoon on Nov. 4, 2017. (Chris Vandenbreekel/650 CKOM)
Premier Brad Wall looks to 2018 with excitement, trepidation
It truly is a new beginning for Brad Wall in 2018. As he has joked in the past, he will return to being "just Brad from Swift Current" at the end of the month. Jan. 27 will be his last day as premier ...
Jan 02, 2018 Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall sits down with reporter Sarah Mills for their last year-end interview on Dec. 13, 2017. (980 CJME)
Nicole Sarauer reflects on Sask. NDP momentum in 2017
Nicole Sarauer ended the year in a position she didn't expect to be at the beginning of 2017. "I had no idea really what I was getting myself into until I got into it," Sarauer joked in her year-end i...
Dec 30, 2017 Saskatchewan NDP interim leader Nicole Sarauer shares her thoughts on 2017 in an interview with reporter Sarah Mills. (980 CJME)
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