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NDP slams 'damning' review of Saskatchewan's 2025 wildfire response
The Saskatchewan NDP says a recent report reviewing last year's provincial wildfire response paints a troubling picture on how the crisis was handled. The review conducted by accounting firm MNP and m...
Jun 13, 2026 NDP's community safety critic Hugh Gordon (left) and Denare Beach resident Dustin Trumbley speak to reporters outside of cabinet office in Saskatoon. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
Sask. NDP calls for report into 2025 wildfire season to be released
As more people have to leave their homes in northern Saskatchewan and wildfire teams are on the job again, the Sask. NDP is calling for more information about what went wrong in the last wildfire year...
Jun 01, 2026 The Sask. NDP’s Hugh Gordon said on June 1, 2026, the Sask. Party has been ducking accountability and ignoring the people who elected it, pointing to the 2025 wildfire season report that hasn’t been released yet. (Roman Hayter/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon firefighters 'exasperated' as overdose calls skyrocket, says union president
It was just last week that Saskatoon's Fire Department received 80 calls for overdoses in a single 24-hour period. That's more than three overdose calls every hour - not counting other medical, assist...
May 07, 2026 A Saskatoon fire truck travels along 20th Street West after attending a call on May 6, 2026. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon MLA Betty Nippi-Albright to quit NDP, sit as independent
Betty Nippi-Albright, MLA for Saskatoon Centre and Saskatchewan's only sitting First Nation female representative, is quitting the NDP caucus to sit as an indpendent. Nippi-Albright issued a statement...
May 05, 2026 Betty Nippi-Albright, MLA for Saskatoon Centre and Saskatchewan's only sitting First Nation female representative, is quitting the NDP caucus to sit as an Indpendent. (650 CKOM files)
Sask. NDP sparks friction with proposed plan for self-generating electricity
The Saskatchewan NDP is proposing an alternative to the current net-metering program for the province in the form of a community power program. Jared Clark, environment and rural and remote health cri...
Apr 07, 2026 Jared Clark shares the Saskatchewan NDP's proposed plan for net-metering in the province with media on Tues, April 7, 2026. (Libby Gray/650 CKOM)
Sask., Alberta NDP leaders slam policies of new federal party leader
Filmmaker Avi Lewis has been elected as the NDP's new leader, defeating his four rivals on the first ballot with nearly 40,000 votes. This victory signals a shift toward the party pushing big, unabash...
Mar 29, 2026 Avi Lewis, who was proclaimed as the new leader of the NDP, speaks at the party convention in Winnipeg Sunday, March 29, 2026. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods)
Sask. mom concerned about two-year surgery wait for nine-year-old
A nine-year-old has been waiting for about two years for a surgery that would allow her to go back to being a normal kid. Octavia Kerr was seven when she was diagnosed by her ear, nose and throat surg...
Mar 16, 2026 Cassie Reid, mother of Octavia Kerr, speaks to reporters at the Saskatchewan NDP's Riversdale office in Saskatoon on March 16, 2026. (Libby Gray/650 CKOM)
Costly gaps found in updated $10-a-day childcare agreement
Months after Saskatchewan signed the new $10-a-day childcare agreement, families are learning their children don't qualify. Back in November 2025, the provincial government announced it had reached an...
Mar 05, 2026 NDP leader Carla Beck, standing in front of Matt Thompson, Sarah Magnus, and Christie MacNeill with CUPE, said the government won't be facing the brunt of the backlash. Instead, parents who are now "getting a bill for up to eight times the amount," will voice their frustrations to childcare providers first. (Marija Robinson/650 CKOM)
Saskatchewan's child poverty rate highest of any province: Report
A newly published report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) found the rate of child poverty is worse in Saskatchewan than any other Canadian province. According to the CCPA report...
Feb 26, 2026 Saskatchewan NDP MLA Matt Love stands behind the podium beside parent Chris Moyah. Speaking about his struggles with the current cost of living, Moyah said paying for groceries, clothing, and extracurricular activities for his two kids "really adds up." (Marija Robinson/650 CKOM)
Saskatoon PET scanner operating at half capacity, Regina still awaiting details on new machine
Since a closure just before Christmas, fewer people have been able to get a PET scan in Saskatchewan. The province's sole PET scan machine, until one proposed for Regina is purchased, closed for two d...
Jan 07, 2026 From left: Saskatchewan NDP’s Keith Jorgenson, MLA for Saskatoon Churchill-Wildwood; Erin Neufeld and Saskatchewan NDP’s Betty Nippi-Albright, Saskatchewan NDP MLA for Saskatoon Centre; discuss the recent closure of Saskatchewan's only PET/CT scanner. (Libby Gray/650 CKOM)
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