Murray Wood: Saskatchewan NDP might be better off with a new name
While Carla Beck has been trying to bring the Saskatchewan NDP closer to the centre, Murray Wood says the federal NDP ha...
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Sask. NDP calls COVID isolation and reporting changes 'a series of disappointments'
The Saskatchewan government is downplaying the seriousness of the latest COVID-19 Omicron wave while limiting public access to information, according to NDP Leader Ryan Meili. On Thursday, Health Mini...
Jan 27, 2022 Ryan Meili. (Libby GIesbrecht/650 CKOM file photo)
NDP leader calls on premier to release chief Sask. health officer recommendations
The province's official opposition wants to know what Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer is recommending, and it wants to see them followed. On Friday, NDP leader Ryan Meili called for all cu...
Jan 21, 2022 NDP leader Ryan Meili and health critic Vicki Mowat speak to reporters in front of Meili's constitutency office in Saskatoon on Jan. 21, 2022. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
Sask. Party insider appointed to SHA executive raises concerns
Eyebrows are being raised around the province at a long-time Sask. Party insider who was given a job alongside top leadership of the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA). Raynelle Wilson, who seemingly...
Jan 17, 2022
NDP, organizations, people call on government to ‘fix’ social assistance
A small group of six tents takes up a portion of Regina's Pepsi Park these days, a home for people who have nowhere else to go. Advocates say it's a symptom of the long-standing homeless problem in Re...
Oct 12, 2021
NDP calls on urgent action for long-term care homes and for leaders to come out of hiding
Less than a year ago a COVID-19 outbreak was declared at long-term care home Extendicare Parkside. As a result, 39 seniors lost their lives. On Monday, the SHA confirmed several outbreaks in long-term...
Aug 24, 2021
Sask. Medical Association urging masks and vaccines in schools
The Saskatchewan Medical Association is joining the chorus of voices calling for more measures ahead of school starting to stop the spread of COVID-19 in the classroom. "We want students to return to ...
Aug 18, 2021
NDP calling for clear back-to-school plan, province considering allowing 11-year-olds vaccinations
In two weeks, thousands of kids will be streaming into schools once again, but with public health orders and the Delta variant now dominant the NDP is sounding the alarm. "As a parent, I think that I ...
Aug 18, 2021
NDP rejects SGI's proposed increases, advocates for cut rates for Sask. families at hearing
Saskatchewan NDP continued in their quest to cut driving insurance rates, rejecting SGI's proposed increases at the Saskatchewan Rate Review Panel hearing Monday evening. Official opposition critic fo...
Aug 17, 2021 NDP MLA Aleana Young. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
Incentives, 'last mile program' needed to increase COVID-19 vaccination uptake: Sask. NDP
Saskatchewan NDP Leader Ryan Meili thinks Premier Scott Moe and Health Minister Paul Merriman have "packed it in" on the COVID front. "They've decided not just to put the toolbox away, but to throw it...
Jul 28, 2021 (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM file photo)
NDP's Ryan Meili and Trent Wotherspoon call on province, feds to help farmers
After little to no rainfall during the late spring and so far this summer farmers, producers and ranchers are suffering, and the devastation across the province has to be seen to be believed. That, fr...
Jul 22, 2021 Saskatchewan NDP Leader Ryan Meili and Agriculture Critic Trent Wotherspoon.
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