Saskatchewan

REGINA – Scott Moe said he is open to a discussion about government workers being able to wear orange shirts, in the wake of an incident this week in Meadow Lake. The incident took place at Meadow Lake Court House. According to Meadow Lake Tribal Council, two female justice workers were sent home for wearing […]

The Saskatchewan Roughriders travel to Edmonton on Saturday for a Week 18 match-up with the Elks. With a little help on the out-of-town scoreboard the Green and White can clinch a play-off spot: a Riders win combined with Calgary and Hamilton losses. That said, Saskatchewan’s offence will have a new look from the 12 players that started last week […]

Saskatchewan’s New Democrats are criticizing the Saskatchewan Party’s health-care record as the provincial election campaign enters its third day. The NDP says the emergency room at Saskatoon’s Royal University Hospital reached 350 per cent capacity on Tuesday night, a situation it blames on the Saskatchewan Party and its leader, Scott Moe. Nurses are set to rally at noon today […]

REGINA – The Sask United Party is promising cuts to the gas tax and PST, more private health care options, and a potash royalty review as part of their platform released Wednesday.  The platform, called Blueprint for Change, was announced by party leader Jon Hromek at a news conference at the Hotel Saskatchewan Wednesday. Hromek was […]

REGINA –  A day after the Saskatchewan provincial election was called, one sector is already calling for more support from the next elected government.  On Wednesday, CUPE 5430 healthcare workers took a stand outside the Saskatchewan Legislature, delivering 1800 postcards to the provincial government, each containing the name of a healthcare worker and the issues […]

A Regina man charged following an armed robbery in McLean over the weekend has made his first court appearance. Just before 6:30 on Saturday night, Indian Head RCMP were called out to a business on the 200-block of Main Street in McLean, where they say a lone man entered the business, carrying an edged weapon, […]

Saskatchewan’s general election campaign moves into its second day today with both main parties staking out competing visions for the province. The Saskatchewan Party’s Scott Moe kick-started the race by promising broad-based tax relief to reduce personal income taxes. He says the average family of four would save $3,400 over four years.  The NDP’s Carla Beck has […]

Saskatchewan Roughriders’ defensive back Deontai Williams was remorseful about his hit on Ottawa Redblacks’ receiver Kalil Pimpleton. “I regret my decision, I wish I could rewind everything. On that play right there, I wish I could use my body weight to lay on them and get them down instead of trying to pick them up and slam […]

LLOYDMINSTER – The Saskatchewan United Party says this election is a referendum on Scott Moe’s record of managing the province, and it is campaigning on cutting the PST in half, axing the gas tax and cutting property taxes for seniors. In reaction to the election call Tuesday, the Sask United party said in a media […]

REGINA – The New Democrats and their leader Carla Beck have officially staged their first campaign event following the official writ drop on Tuesday. Beck was flanked by Regina and area candidates at their campaign event at the NDP’s Regina offices. The NDP has held severs campaign events over the past month but this was […]