Murray Wood: Conservative floor crossers could hand Mark Carney a majority government
Murray Wood says Prime Minister Mark Carney is happily accepting floor crossers from the Conservatives, but maybe it's t...
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Election campaign a balancing act for young families
Mounting a political campaign takes time and effort but so does having a small child. Some candidates in the coming election are taking on both. Nicole Sarauer, NDP candidate for Regina Douglas Park, ...
Oct 07, 2020 Nicole Sarauer, NDP candidate for Regina Douglas Park (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Campaigning for two: Aleana Young door-knocking while eight months pregnant
Door-knocking can be one of the most gruelling parts of a political campaign - walking several kilometres a day, talking to people on the issues and trying to bring them to your side. But those tasks ...
Oct 05, 2020 Aleana Young, NDP candidate for Regina University. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Sask. Party promises SaskPower rebate
Standing at a podium in the middle of the large empty space serving as Gary Grewal's campaign office, Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe on Thursday promised savings for SaskPower customers if his pa...
Oct 01, 2020 Premier Scott Moe. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
U of R prof offers insight into provincial election campaign
With the writ dropping Tuesday, the province has jumped into a political race that’s to last the next four weeks. Jim Farney, an associate professor of politics and international studies at the ...
Sep 29, 2020
Moe preparing for first election as Sask. Party leader
Premier Scott Moe already has a few elections under his belt, but the upcoming contest will be his first leading the Saskatchewan Party. Moe said it feels somewhat different this time, explaining he&#...
Sep 24, 2020
NDP promises to take corporate, out-of-province money out of Sask. politics
NDP Leader Ryan Meili says Saskatchewan has the worst campaign finance laws in the country, and he's pledging to fix them if his party forms government this fall. "We need to level the playing field a...
Sep 23, 2020
Shahab reflects on first six months of pandemic in Saskatchewan
Six months ago, many people in Saskatchewan had never heard of terms like social distancing or effective reproductive number. They never considered wearing a face mask to the grocery store. Things hav...
Sep 11, 2020
Province discouraging interprovincial travel, will go ahead with COVID alert app
Despite a 17th straight day with a single-digit total of new COVID-19 cases, the Government of Saskatchewan issued a warning Wednesday about non-essential interprovincial travel. Premier Scott Moe poi...
Sep 02, 2020 (650 CKOM file photo)
More masks and more space, Regina Catholic School Division opens doors ahead of classes
Back-to-school is a time-honoured tradition but when kids return to classrooms in Regina next week, it's going to be a lot different than it was when they left six months ago. The Regina Catholic Scho...
Sep 02, 2020 Grade 8 teacher Brett Matlock at St.Gregory School. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Sask. first-quarter budget update projects deficit of $2.1B in 2020-21
Saskatchewan's finances are looking a bit better after the first quarter of the fiscal year than they were at the mid-June full budget release. The Government of Saskatchewan is projecting a $2.1-bill...
Aug 27, 2020 Saskatchewan Finance Minister Donna Harpauer delivers the first-quarter budget update on Aug. 27, 2020. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
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