Sarah Mills: Does this Canada Day feel different due to 'elbows up' attitude?
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Interpreter keeping the deaf and hard of hearing in Sask. informed during COVID-19 pandemic
For those tuning in to the provincial government's daily COVID-19 new conferences, Karen Nurkowski is becoming a familiar face. Nurkowski has been interpreting the briefings into American Sign Languag...
May 02, 2020 Karen Nurkowski has been interpreting the Saskatchewan COVID-19 news conferences into American Sign Language for the deaf and hard of hearing in the province. (Karen Nurkowski/Facebook)
Budget on the brains of lawmakers as legislature’s spring session gets underway
When asked about the spring session ahead of time, the first and only thing Premier Scott Moe wanted to talk about was the upcoming budget. It's the final legislative session and final budget before t...
Mar 02, 2020
Year in review: Meili calls whistleblower promise a highlight of 2019
Looking back on 2019 Ryan Meili and his NDP had a few fights they brought to the Sask. Party government again and again, and Meili feels he has at least one checkmark to put down. Meili said he feels ...
Dec 26, 2019 Sask. NDP Leader Ryan Meili (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Leaders reflect as 2019 fall session ends
With a bit of back and forth, and a kerfuffle over questions, the fall session of the Saskatchewan legislature ended on Thursday morning. Both leaders took a look back at the previous weeks, gauging t...
Dec 05, 2019
Oh baby! Sarauer becomes first to test out new rules
Saskatchewan's legislative assembly had a tiny visitor on Thursday morning -- baby Olivia. NDP MLA Nicole Sarauer became the first lawmaker to take advantage of rule changes she championed in the spri...
Nov 01, 2019 Nicole Sarauer sits with her baby, Olivia, in the Saskatchewan Legislature on Oct. 31, 2019. (Nicole Sarauer Twitter page)
Premier, environment minister to miss another climate march
Once again groups of students holding signs and waving at cars will march down Albert Street and gather in front of the Saskatchewan legislative building. They'll cheer, some of them will speak and al...
Sep 27, 2019 More than 200 students cut class on March 15 to protest the lack of action to address climate change at the Saskatchewan Legislature. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Sask. legislature getting more parent- and baby-friendly
With its marble pillars and sharp-cornered molding, the Saskatchewan legislative building isn't the most baby-friendly place -- but some changes have been made to fix that, in procedure at least. The ...
Apr 02, 2019 Saskatchewan NDP interim leader Nicole Sarauer shares her thoughts on 2017 in an interview with reporter Sarah Mills. (980 CJME)
Students demand action on climate change at Regina rally
About 250 people gathered at the steps of the Saskatchewan Legislature on Friday, calling for action on climate change. Most were students, walking out of class for the "school strike," one of more th...
Mar 16, 2019 More than 200 students cut class on March 15 to protest the lack of action to address climate change at the Saskatchewan Legislature. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Spring session starts with focus on provincial budget
Politicians return to the Saskatchewan legislature to start the spring session on Monday. Deputy Premier Gord Wyant said the highlight of this session will be the 2019-20 provincial budget, to be deli...
Mar 04, 2019 (980 CJME file photo)
Sask. throne speech highlights economy, policing
The fall session of the Saskatchewan legislature kicked off on Wednesday with Premier Scott Moe's first throne speech. It laid out his government's agenda for the year ahead, focusing on priorities in...
Oct 24, 2018 (980 CJME file photo)
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