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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)
Brad Wall still tops in premier popularity poll
It appears Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall has still got it. After announcing his resignation from politics in August, Wall's approval rating is up four points in the latest poll by the Angus Reid Inst...
Dec 19, 2017 Premier Brad Wall on his last day in office at the Saskatchewan Legislature on Dec. 8, 2017. (Sarah Mills/980 CJME)
Sask. Party membership booms during leadership race
It appears a lot of people in the province want to have a say who the next premier is; as the Saskatchewan Party's membership has almost tripled in the past three and a half months. According to a rel...
Dec 18, 2017 (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)
Alanna Koch denies Sask Party leadership debate leak
For Your Eyes Only is a well-known James Bond movie, but it could also be the new theme of the Saskatchewan Party leadership race with an accusation there may be a spy in the ranks. Three leadership c...
Dec 11, 2017 Alanna Koch announces a run for Sask. Party leadership at a farm south of Regina Aug. 28, 2017. (Sarah Mills/980 CJME)
Finance Minister Bill Morneau talks pot bucks with provincial counterparts
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Bill Morneau can expect a lot of provincial hands reaching for the federal purse strings when he sits down with his counterparts in Ottawa today. The issue of who should get ...
Dec 11, 2017
Tributes, tears as Brad Wall says goodbye to the legislature
As he strode purposefully toward the door of the legislative chamber Thursday with Deputy Premier Don Morgan by his side, Brad Wall said it was a good day because he was with friends. The walk was the...
Dec 08, 2017 Premier Brad Wall on his last day in office at the Saskatchewan Legislature on Dec. 8, 2017. (Sarah Mills/980 CJME)
Public safety minister outlines roadside test for drugged driving
Ottawa is revealing details about a test meant to catch people driving high as the date approaches for cannabis to be made legal in Canada. Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said police forces will...
Dec 06, 2017 Ralph Goodale speaks at the University of Regina on Sept. 8, 2017. (Britton Gray/980 CJME)
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