Tag Archives: Politics

Oil workers who have lost their jobs in southern Saskatchewan will now qualify for extended employment insurance (EI) benefits. The southeast oil patch was one of the regions left out when the federal...

Federal Public Safety minister Ralph Goodale said a special cabinet committee is now established solely to deal with the aftermath of the devastating Fort McMurray fire. Appearing on Gormley on News T...

They are heralding it as a first in Canada; Saskatchewan is adopting an 'open family policy' which will allow 24-hour access for family visitors to patients in hospitals or special care homes. No...

The man who brought the province Lean is not cutting down his thoughts on his time in Saskatchewan. In his book "The Toyota Way to Healthcare Excellence", Black wrote that the government was at best "...

Ground has been broken on a new $75-million retirement home in Regina's east end. The 216-suite complex known as Green Falls Landing is going up near Arcola Avenue and Chuka Boulevard, and will featur...

A new downtown parking strategy that recommends more city-owned parking lots, investment in parking garages and increased time limits has caught the eyes of a couple Saskatoon city coun...

Saskatchewan's first Muslim MLA is taking no issue with the opening Christian prayer in the legislature. The Regina branch of the Centre for Public Inquiry has handed in a petition to see the pra...

The Regina branch of the Canadian Centre for Inquiry is hoping to get the prayer removed from the daily proceedings at the Saskatchewan legislature. The group presented a petition on the weekend ...

A traveling burlesque show had their Saskatoon performance abruptly canceled following warnings from city officials. Rebecca Crow of the Suicide Girls Blackheart Burlesque troupe said just p...

It isn't a surprise but now Regina's Mayor Michael Fougere has made it official; he is seeking re-election. Addressing a crowd of about 250 people, with many well-known faces from the council and the ...