Murray Wood: Arrest in 2001 Saskatoon assault case should make perpetrators worried
A 52-year-old man has been charged in connection with a 2001 sexual assault allegation in Saskatoon. Murray Wood says he...
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New Brunswick Tories win most seats, but Liberals will try to stay in power
Voters in New Brunswick have turned have their backs on the province's entrenched two-party system for the first time in a generation, electing enough third party candidates to leave the Liberals and ...
Sep 25, 2018
Saskatoon council to consider tightening security
It's an "unfortunate sign of the times." That's how Saskatoon's general manager of assets and financial management described a proposed new security measure for council chambers. Kerry Tarasoff said i...
Sep 14, 2018 Saskatoon City Council. (650 CKOM )
Minister says feds still committed to Trans Mountain
With the federal Liberals holding a caucus retreat in Saskatoon this week, federal Infrastructure and Communities Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne tried to reassure people concerned about the fate ...
Sep 11, 2018 Federal Infrastructure and Communities Minister François-Philippe Champagne. (Liberal Party of Canada)
Sask. dairy farmers watching NAFTA talks closely
The Canadian dairy industry is once again being brought into the conversation as politicians continue talks to salvage the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Joy Smith, the manager of policy...
Aug 29, 2018
NDP denied freedom of information request on legal aid cuts
Saskatchewan New Democrats want details about discussions between the government and legal aid that resulted in upcoming cuts to the Saskatoon legal aid office. However, justice critic Nicole Sarauer ...
Aug 28, 2018 Saskatchewan NDP justice critic Nicole Sarauer speaking to media outside the Saskatoon Provincial Court building on July 23, 2018. (Bryn Levy/650 CKOM)
Bernier contacted ‘key people’ before announcing new party, source says
OTTAWA - Quebec MP Maxime Bernier had already hit the ground running before Thursday's bombshell announcement that he would quit the Conservatives and launch his own party, a source close to the contr...
Aug 24, 2018
Anti-poverty strategy will aim for 50 per cent cut in low-income rates: source
OTTAWA - A new plan to help low-income Canadians will set a lofty goal of lifting more than two million people past the poverty line over the next 12 years, says a source familiar with the federal gov...
Aug 21, 2018
Trudeau formally announces he’ll run again in next year’s election
MONTREAL - Justin Trudeau will run again in the 2019 federal election. The Liberal leader formally announced his nomination at a party event Sunday in his Montreal riding of Papineau. The partisan cro...
Aug 20, 2018
Concerns raised over idea to shift municipal election date
Elected officials in cities, towns and R.M.s may be getting their terms extended by one year because of a conflict with ballot box dates in 2020 -- and some aren't happy about it. As it stands, the pr...
Aug 16, 2018
Sask. farmer invites politicians to ride-along for harvest
There's at least one farmer in Saskatchewan who wants to spend more time with politicians. Megz Reynolds farms just north of Swift Current near the community of White Bear. With harvest underway, she ...
Aug 14, 2018 Saskatchewan producers harvest at sunset. (Darren Sproat/Instagram)
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Sarah Mills: Let's hope lessons are learned this construction season
Major projects in Saskatoon and Regina must get done, but Sarah Mills says changes are needed to lessen the impact on tr...
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