Murray Wood: Federal gun initiatives take aim at small business
Darryl Schemenauer is closing down his Regina gun store after 35 years, and he puts the blame squarely on the federal Li...
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Troubled inquiry into missing, murdered Indigenous women seeks two more years
OTTAWA - The troubled national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls is formally asking for another two years and more money to finish its work, saying more time is needed to he...
Mar 07, 2018
Ryan Meili beats Trent Wotherspoon to lead the NDP
Ryan Meili is the new leader of the Saskatchewan NDP. With an 81 per cent voter turnout for party members, Meili beat Trent Wotherspoon with 55 per cent of the vote for a total of 5,973 votes compared...
Mar 03, 2018
Ryan Meili beats Trent Wotherspoon to lead the NDP
Ryan Meili is the new leader of the Saskatchewan NDP. With an 81 per cent voter turnout for members, Meili beat Trent Wotherspoon with 55 per cent of the vote for a total of 5,973 votes compared to Wo...
Mar 03, 2018 Ryan Meili speaks at the NDP leadership convention in Regina, March 3, 2018. (Kevin Martel/980 CJME)
Sask. NDP chooses a new leader
Saskatchewan's NDP elected Ryan Meili as the new leader on Saturday. Hundreds of party members gathered at the Delta Hotel in Regina for the party's leadership convention. Both candidates on the ballo...
Mar 03, 2018 Crowd of supporters at NDP leadership convention at the Delta Hotel in Regina, March 3, 2018. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Deficit smaller than forecast in province’s latest financial report
There is some good news in the province's latest fiscal update. The third quarter financial report released Friday shows the government's plan remains on track, with a smaller deficit forecast. "While...
Mar 02, 2018
Regina MLA Warren Steinley seeking Conservative Party seat
Regina Saskatchewan Party MLA Warren Steinley is seeking a federal Conservative Party nomination. He confirmed on Thursday he wants to run against NDP Member of Parliament Erin Weir in next year's fed...
Mar 01, 2018 Warren Steinley. (Sask Party website)
NDP leadership candidate profile: Trent Wotherspoon
Political-watchers would be forgiven for thinking Trent Wotherspoon had cloned himself. The 10-year Regina NDP MLA seems able to be in several places at once right across the province. In any given da...
Feb 28, 2018
Sask. prepares for any benefits from federal budget
Saskatchewan's new premier will be watching as federal finance minister Bill Morneau delivers the federal budget Tuesday afternoon. Scott Moe is hoping Saskatchewan will get the benefit of any revenue...
Feb 27, 2018
Premier Moe reinstates PST exemptions on insurance premiums
Premier Scott Moe is keeping a campaign promise, and pulling back some of the changes made to PST in last year's provincial budget. The provincial government is reinstating the PST exemption for agric...
Feb 26, 2018
Time for ‘rights-based approach’ to Indigenous affairs, PM Trudeau says
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is planning to overhaul the way the federal government relates to Indigenous Peoples, proposing a new legislative framework designed to pave the way toward stron...
Feb 15, 2018
OPINION
Sarah Mills: The season of the zipper merge has returned
It sometimes feels like leaders in our cities and towns don't plan for construction very well, but Sarah Mills says the ...
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The Evan Bray Show - Monday, April 20
On Monday's show, Evan hears concerns about the FSIN's transparency after its general assembly last week, discusses how ...