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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)
Moe backs Alta., may introduce legislation to block oil to B.C.
Premier Scott Moe confirms Saskatchewan will join Alberta in a fight with B.C. over the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion by introducing its own legislation on oil exports. It is expected he will intr...
Apr 17, 2018
‘A clear message:’ Alberta proposes legislation to limit oil shipments
EDMONTON - The Alberta government has introduced legislation that would give the energy minister power to restrict the flow of oil, gasoline and natural gas leaving the province. Once passed, Marg McC...
Apr 17, 2018
NDP wraps privacy breach investigation, voter list accessed
The Saskatchewan NDP has concluded its privacy breach investigation into one of its own members. Rylee Schumacher admitted to using the voter list to look up the police officer investigating her rape ...
Apr 16, 2018
Suddenly Sunday: Trudeau to talk Trans Mountain with B.C., Alberta premiers
OTTAWA - The federal government needs more face time with the main players in the Trans Mountain pipeline impasse to push the controversial expansion project forward, says Finance Minister Bill Mornea...
Apr 13, 2018
Notley ‘a little bit more convinced’ about federal action on Trans Mountain
OTTAWA - Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says Ottawa has promised specific action to try to break the impasse over the Trans Mountain pipeline, but federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau won't say exactl...
Apr 12, 2018
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Evan talks with historian Bill Waiser about Saskatchewan's 120 birthday, university associate professor Ian Lee about Ca...