Tag Archives: Politics

The Saskatchewan NDP is kicking off the election campaign by targeting what it calls wasteful government spending on private consultants. NDP Leader Cam Broten says the campaign will focus on three ke...

Saskatchewan's finance minister is not critical of a projected $20 billion deficit for the federal Liberal government this year. Finance Minister Kevin Doherty says the announcement by his federal cou...

Saskatchewan's Liberal Party leader says his party wants to present a clear third option to voters come April. Darrin Lamoureux says his party's platform will be "different to what Saskatchewan r...

Against the backdrop of financial issues forcing them to shut their doors during the daytime, the Lighthouse Supported Living shelter in Saskatoon is holding a major winter fundraiser.   The...

Rumours abound in Ottawa that the government is about to set a price on carbon emissions.   An article in The Globe and Mail states within the next six months, Ottawa plans to strike a deal with ...

In a chilly room, the CEO of a private company that collects plasma from blood points to a white freezer where the plasma will be stored in the new Saskatoon facility-the company's first collection ce...

A wide-ranging meeting of the Saskatoon Board of Police Commissioners looked at issues of street checks, care of prisoners in the police holding cells and issues around public intoxication in the down...

The only homeless shelter in the Battlefords is struggling to keep its doors open after a provincial funding cut. In December, The Lighthouse homeless shelter in North Battleford had its provincial fu...

According to a recent poll, the majority of Saskatchewan residents are in favour of Canadian combat aircraft and troops staying in the Middle East to fight the Islamic State. Praxis Analytics, a Saska...

About a month and a half before the provincial election, a new poll by Mainstreet and Postmedia suggests that the Saskatchewan Party still has the strongest support at 49 per cent. The poll is based o...