Murray Wood: Twenty-year-old murder case shows shortcomings of Youth Criminal Justice Act
Murray Wood says the fact a 37-year-old man dodged an adult sentence for the killing if Misha Pavelick 20 years ago shou...
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Saskatchewan legislature to resume sitting on June 15
The Saskatchewan legislature is to resume sitting June 15, nearly three months after its spring session was adjourned due to concerns over the spread of COVID-19. In a joint media release Tuesday, the...
May 26, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
No timeline yet on when Sask. Legislature could return
Despite both the province and opposition NDP continuing to say they both want the legislative process to reconvene, there is still no timeline on when that may be. During Thursday's COVID-19 briefing,...
May 21, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
Premier says work is ongoing for some sort of ‘legislative oversight’
Saskatchewan's NDP is calling for "oversight and accountability" and for the legislature to resume sitting. NDP Leader Ryan Meili sent a letter to the Premier on Monday, saying the legislature needs t...
May 11, 2020
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)
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Sarah Mills: Government and Crown transparency is shrinking
Gone are the days when Crown annual reports were released on a schedule that promoted accountability and scrutiny. Now, ...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, June 18
**WITH GUEST HOST BRENT LOUCKS 8:30 - Nearly two decades after the death of Misha Pavelick, a judge has handed down a se...