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NDP finance critic tells Evan Bray the provincial budget is a failure
The Saskatchewan NDP's finance critic told The Evan Bray Show that he can't find anything for Saskatchewan people in the 2024-25 budget. Trent Wotherspoon said he looked through the entire document an...
Mar 23, 2024
Affordability cheque rollout has Saskatchewan NDP on edge
The Saskatchewan NDP wants kids to have $500 affordability cheques in their pockets, just like the province's adults. NDP Affordability Critic Trent Wotherspoon said the rollout of cheques does not he...
Nov 12, 2022 NDP Affordability Critic Trent Wotherspoon. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Sask. NDP's Sarauer not ruling out leadership run
Nicole Sarauer is currently the deputy leader of the Saskatchewan NDP and some have her high on their list of potential candidates for the newly vacated leadership seat. When asked about it on Wednesd...
Feb 23, 2022 NDP MLA and deputy leader Nicole Sarauer on Feb. 23, 2022. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Political veterans Harpauer, Wotherspoon talk community, ice time and what keeps them in the game
In 1999, Donna Harpauer was a medical lab technologist at Saskatoon's Royal University Hospital. She got involved with what was at the time a much-smaller Saskatchewan Party to try and solve a SaskEne...
Oct 16, 2020
Sask. NDP releases a people-first COVID-19 recovery plan
As Saskatchewan works its way out from under the COVID-19 pandemic the Opposition NDP has a plan to get life back to some semblance of normal. On Thursday the party released A People-First Recovery pl...
Jun 11, 2020
Sask. NDP wants more financial support for small businesses, self-employed
The Saskatchewan NDP is expecting more from the province to help self-employed people and small businesses navigate the COVID-19 pandemic. On Saturday, finance critic Trent Wotherspoon called on the p...
Mar 21, 2020
Disabled hunter pushing for more accessible hunting rules
Though he was born with spina bifida and uses a wheelchair to get around, Lumsden's Bobbie Cherepuschak considered himself an outdoorsman from a young age, always eager to go deep into the bush. It le...
Feb 19, 2020 Lumsden-based hunter Bobbie Cherepuschak is hopeful the Saskatchewan government supports legislation amendments that allow him to use a mobilized wheelcheer while hunting. (Evan Radford/980 CJME)
Sask. gov't moving up timeline on rooftop solar decision
Amid frustrations from customers and the solar power industry, the minister responsible for SaskPower has committed to moving up the timeline on a new net metering program. Last week, SaskPower announ...
Sep 23, 2019 Environment Minister Dustin Duncan file photo. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
NDP calls Sask. Party's infrastructure spat a 'silly standoff'
The NDP is calling the Sask. Party's spat with the federal government over infrastructure money a "silly standoff" that's out of line with the priorities of Regina. Premier Scott Moe expressed his fru...
Aug 14, 2019 NDP Finance Critic Trent Wotherspoon spoke about the provincial government's spat with the federal government over two Regina pools at Maple Leaf Pool on Aug. 14, 2019. (Nathan Meyer/980 CJME)
Carbon tax not factored into provincial spending
Careful accounting, estimations and projections go into the creation of the provincial budget every year -- but this year that didn't include the carbon tax. "Each and every budget, each and every yea...
Apr 01, 2019 Saskatchewan Finance Minister Donna Harpauer. (File photo by Sarah Mills/980 CJME)
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