Tag Archives: Politics

Many in Saskatoon could not be happier that recreational marijuana is set to be legal. But the co-owner of a local head shop says he expects most people will be keeping the cheering under wraps, at le...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is scheduled to visit Saskatoon Wednesday. He'll be at the Saskatchewan Polytechnic campus at 1:45 p.m. Trudeau was last in Saskatoon in January.

A Saskatoon city councillor wants the city to pull back funding for a new rink at the University of Saskatchewan. Ward 1 Coun. Darren Hill said he wants a recent agreement to provide $3 million over s...

The body that oversees Saskatoon's river pathway system saw its funding from the province reduced in the 2017-18 budget.   The Meewasin Valley Authority (MVA) lost $409,000 from the provinci...

Saskatoon mayor Charlie Clark stopped in for his weekly chat with 650 CKOM's Brent Loucks Tuesday morning - and like many conversations around the province, a lot of the talk was devoted to the upcomi...

Saskatchewan's premier gave his biggest hint yet there could be a change coming to the provincial sales tax (PST) in Wednesday's budget. In a video posted on social media, Premier Brad Wall sugge...

REGINA - Saskatchewan's justice minister says he knows there's frustration about rural crime, but Gord Wyant says people shouldn't take the law into their own hands. A resolution introduced at the Sas...

The idea of a whitewater park at the Saskatoon weir is resurfacing after it was first floated over a decade ago. A Saskatoon group made a pitch Monday at City Hall in hopes of getting the city on boar...

A Conservative senator is facing criticism for remarks about residential schools. Lynn Beyak, a senator based in Northern Ontario, rose to speak during the Senate's Tuesday session. Beyak opened by st...

Voters in Saskatoon-Meewasin will elect a new MLA Thursday. Five people are vying for the seat, with early polls showing a tight race between New Democrat Ryan Meili and the Sask. Party's Brent Penner...