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Protesters calling for Gaza ceasefire disrupt Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly
MLAs left the chamber at the Legislative Assembly in Regina on Monday as proceedings were disrupted by a protest. According to The Canadian Press, dozens of protesters in the gallery chanting for a ce...
Nov 20, 2023 Monday's proceedings in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan were disrupted by protesters calling for a ceasefire in Gaza on Monday. (650 CKOM file photo)
Pronoun policy sparks rallies across Saskatchewan
On Friday, the provincial government's pronoun policy - Bill 137 or the Parents' Bill of Rights - was passed in the legislature and became law. On Saturday, both Regina and Saskatoon saw hundreds of p...
Oct 21, 2023 Pride Flags worn at a protest (Will Mandzuk/650CKOM)
Hundreds rally in Regina against pronoun policies as province pushes forward
Protesters against Saskatchewan's controversial education policies gathered at the Legislative Building on Tuesday as the government worked to make the new policies law. The new policies require paren...
Oct 10, 2023 Hundreds of people gather in front of the Saskatchewan legislature to show their opposition to the school pronoun policy being forced into law. Oct. 10, 2023 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Legislature recalled early for pronoun law, rally expected
MLAs are expected to reconvene at the legislative building again Tuesday, two weeks early, so the government can push through its sex ed and pronoun policies. Almost two weeks ago, a judge ruled that ...
Oct 10, 2023
What is 'SOGI 1 2 3,' the program now banned from Saskatchewan classrooms?
During Canada-wide demonstrations on Wednesday calling for more parental involvement in education, one name appeared on a large number of protest signs: 'SOGI 1 2 3.' Many demonstrators objected to th...
Sep 21, 2023 A demonstrator holds an sign opposing SOGI at a demonstration in Saskatoon on Wednesday. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Sask. 'March 4 Children' rallies face friction from rival protests
Rallies in favour of Saskatchewan's new pronoun policy and push for increased parental rights in education were met with equally large counterprotests on Wednesday. Hundreds took to the streets in Sas...
Sep 20, 2023 A police officer confronts a demonstrator during the rally in Saskatoon on Wednesday. (Lara Fominoff)
Dozens rally for more funding, safety measures in Fairhaven, Confederation
Dozens of people, many from the Fairhaven and Confederation Park neighbourhoods, rallied Wednesday afternoon for more safety measures and funding to address concerns stemming from the homeless shelter...
Sep 06, 2023 Dozens of people, many from Saskatoon's Fairhaven and Confederation Park neighbourhoods held a peaceful rally Wednesday afternoon along Idylwyld Drive, near downtown Saskatoon. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
High school student highlights Saskatoon bike safety issues with protest
A Saskatoon high school student is taking bike safety into her own hands. Seventeen-year-old Lucy Stobbe is hosting a cycling protest this weekend to raise awareness on what she called the dangers of ...
Jun 17, 2023 (Halyna Mihalik/650 CKOM)
Environmental protesters take to Saskatoon streets outside RBC meeting
The streets around the Bessborough Hotel in downtown Saskatoon were blocked for several hours Wednesday during an environmental protest. About 100 climate activists and B.C. First Nation members took ...
Apr 05, 2023 (Dulce Abela/650 CKOM)
Rally planned after environmental protests cause road closures downtown
Environmental protests briefly shut down some of the busiest streets in Saskatoon's downtown core Wednesday morning. Members of the Wet'suet'en First Nation from B.C. protested in the streets outside ...
Apr 05, 2023 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
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