Commitment broken when family of Saskatchewan NDP candidate targeted: Beck
REGINA -- Saskatchewan's two main political leaders had agreed before October's provincial election not to target the families of candidates...
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Saskatchewan NDP to push for reprimand of health minister who broke conflict rules
REGINA -- Saskatchewan's Opposition NDP is demanding the health minister apologize for breaching conflict-of-interest rules when a window company with...
Saskatchewan health minister breached conflict-of-interest rules, penalty recommended
REGINA -- Saskatchewan's conflict of interest commissioner has found Health Minister Jeremy Cockrill breached rules when a window company with...
Saskatchewan fall legislative sitting ends with barbs after civility promise
REGINA -- Saskatchewan's fall legislative sitting ended with political barbs traded across the aisle after Premier Scott Moe promised a...
Saskatchewan orders third-party review into reports of doctor misconduct, racism
REGINA -- The Saskatchewan government has ordered a third-party review into allegations of unprofessionalism and racism among doctors at Regina's...
Prime minister announces Bernadette McIntyre as new Saskatchewan lieutenant-governor
REGINA -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced a new lieutenant-governor for Saskatchewan.
Prime Minister appoints Bernadette McIntyre as new Saskatchewan lieutenant-governor
REGINA -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has appointed a new lieutenant-governor for Saskatchewan.
Saskatchewan passes affordability bills, keeps federal carbon levy off home heating
REGINA -- The Saskatchewan government has passed two pieces of legislation tied to affordability relief that Premier Scott Moe first...
Saskatchewan introduces legislative amendment to keep carbon levy off home heating
REGINA -- Saskatchewan has introduced a promised legislative amendment that would continue to see residents no longer pay federal carbon...
Saskatchewan auditor concerned with tracking foreign ownership of farmland
REGINA -- Saskatchewan's auditor says the province needs to do a better job tracking and enforcing rules on non-Canadians purchasing...
Saskatchewan auditor to release report on foreign-owned farmland, procuring hotels
REGINA -- Saskatchewan's provincial auditor is to release a report today outlining government programs and services that need improvement.
Saskatchewan government introduces affordability act with personal income tax savings
REGINA -- Premier Scott Moe's Saskatchewan Party government has introduced its promised legislation to lower personal income taxes.
Saskatchewan mid-year financial update projects $743M deficit, more than twice budget
REGINA -- The Saskatchewan Party government is projecting a deficit that's more than double what it predicted in its budget...
Saskatchewan mid-year financials project $743M deficit, more than double from budget
REGINA -- The Saskatchewan government is projecting a deficit that's more than double from budget, largely due to higher crop...
Saskatchewan legislature member says premier targeted his transgender children
REGINA -- A Saskatchewan legislature member who says his transgender children were targeted after an election campaign promise about school...
Saskatchewan NDP motion to scrap gas tax fails in legislature
REGINA -- An Opposition emergency motion to suspend the provincial 15-cent-a-litre gas tax failed in the Saskatchewan legislature Tuesday, with...
Saskatchewan NDP motion to scrap gas tax fails in legislature as sitting begins
REGINA -- A Saskatchewan Opposition NDP emergency motion to suspend the provincial 15-cents-a-litre gas tax has failed in the legislature.
Saskatchewan premier says he won't allow Speaker intimidation as legislature resumes
REGINA -- The Saskatchewan legislature is back in session, and Premier Scott Moe's government is promising to do better on...
Saskatchewan legislature's new Speaker calls for civility ahead of throne speech
REGINA -- The Saskatchewan legislature has a new Speaker of the house -- Melfort member Todd Goudy.
Saskatchewan Party government to outline priorities in throne speech
REGINA -- Premier Scott Moe's Saskatchewan Party government is to outline its priorities in a throne speech today -- a...
Saskatchewan parties to focus on affordability as legislature resumes
REGINA -- Saskatchewan's legislature is set to resume Monday for a short two-week sitting, with Premier Scott Moe's Saskatchewan Party...
Elections Saskatchewan finishes counting all votes, turnout higher than 2020
REGINA -- Elections Saskatchewan has finished counting all the returns from the Oct. 28 general election, with the results showing...
Saskatchewan NDP's Beck holds first caucus meeting after election, outlines plans
REGINA -- Saskatchewan Opposition NDP Leader Carla Beck says she wants to prove to residents her party is the government...
Saskatchewan premier says school change rooms no longer first priority, names cabinet
REGINA -- Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe, fresh off a challenging election campaign, announced a new cabinet Thursday while deprioritizing a...
Saskatchewan premier names new cabinet with familiar faces in new roles
REGINA -- Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe, fresh off a challenging election campaign, announced his new cabinet Thursday with some new...
Saskatchewan Premier names new cabinet with many familiar faces in new roles
REGINA -- Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe, fresh off a challenging election campaign, announced his new cabinet Thursday, with some new...
CP NewsAlert: Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe names new cabinet after election win
REGINA -- Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe, fresh off a challenging election campaign, has announced a cabinet with some new faces...
Saskatchewan Party candidate who used racial slur on track to lose seat
REGINA -- A controversial Saskatchewan Party candidate who had been on track to win his seat in Monday's election now...
Saskatchewan Premier Moe to contend with divided province after election win
REGINA -- Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe faces a divided electorate after winning Monday's election and must start taking city issues...
Prime Minister Trudeau congratulates Saskatchewan Premier Moe on election win
REGINA -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has congratulated Premier Scott Moe after the Saskatchewan Party won a fifth-straight majority in...
Saskatchewan Party's Moe says government must do better after election win
REGINA -- Saskatchewan residents are waking up to another Saskatchewan Party government, after Premier Scott Moe secured a fifth-straight majority...
Saskatchewan Party wins fifth straight majority government, Scott Moe back as premier
Premier Scott Moe and the Saskatchewan Party won a fifth consecutive majority government Monday, losing in the big cities but...
A look at Saskatchewan elections and governments over the last five decades
REGINA -- Scott Moe's Saskatchewan Party won another majority government in the province's general election on Monday. Here's a look...
Saskatchewan voters go to the polls on election day as parties vie for power
REGINA -- Saskatchewan residents are casting votes in Monday's provincial election after a four-week campaign that appeared to tighten the...
Saskatchewan residents go to polls on election day as parties vie for power
Saskatchewan residents will be casting their votes in today's election as they decide who will form the next provincial government...
Saskatchewan voters go to the polls on election day as parties vie for power
REGINA -- Saskatchewan residents are casting votes in Monday's provincial election after a four-week campaign that appeared to tighten the...
Saskatchewan election race tightens as parties spend final day campaigning
Saskatchewan's election campaign entered its final day Sunday, with both main party leaders vying for government in what has shaped...
Saskatchewan election race tightens as parties spend final day campaigning
REGINA -- Saskatchewan's election campaign entered its final day Sunday, with both main party leaders vying for government in what...
Beck and Moe appeal to voters as Saskatchewan election campaign enters final days
REGINA -- Saskatchewan's two main party leaders have renewed their appeals to voters in Regina with the provincial election just...
Saskatchewan teachers get degrading messages after change room complaint
REGINA -- Saskatchewan teachers in a school division that received a complaint about two "biological boys" using a girls change...
Saskatchewan Party candidate denounces 'attack' at campaign office
REGINA -- A Saskatchewan Party candidate in Monday's provincial election says he doesn't want his volunteers to feel scared by...
Moe says candidate isn't intimidated after bullet holes found at campaign office
REGINA -- Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe says a candidate in the upcoming provincial election isn't intimidated by two bullet...
Former Saskatchewan Party backbencher broke conflict rules with hotel contracts
REGINA -- A conflict-of-interest investigation has found a former Saskatchewan Party backbencher broke the rules when his two hotels did...
Early voting to begin in final week of Saskatchewan election campaign
REGINA -- Saskatchewan residents can vote for five days starting Tuesday in the lead-up to next week's provincial election.
NDP says Sask. Party's Moe needs to answer for campaign comment on children
REGINA -- The NDP says the Saskatchewan Party's Scott Moe needs to provide answers after a candidate's two children and...
Saskatchewan Party's Moe pledges change room ban in schools; Beck calls it desperate
REGINA -- Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe is promising a directive banning "biological boys" from using school changing rooms with...
NDP's Beck receives endorsement from former Saskatchewan Party government members
REGINA -- Two former Saskatchewan Party government members say they are voting for the NDP's Carla Beck in the provincial...
Saskatchewan Party, NDP leaders face off on health care, economy in election debate
REGINA -- Saskatchewan's two main political leaders hammered each other Wednesday on health care, crime and the economy in their...
Leaders of Saskatchewan Party, NDP face off in televised election debate
REGINA -- Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe and NDP Leader Carla Beck are facing off in their first and only...
Beck touts health-care plan; Moe would continue to withhold carbon levy
REGINA -- Saskatchewan New Democratic Leader Carla Beck was on the campaign trail Tuesday promising better health care, while the...
Saskatchewan NDP's Beck promises 800 health-care workers, safer hospital environments
REGINA -- Saskatchewan New Democratic Leader Carla Beck says she would hire 800 new front-line health-care workers over four years...
Moe promises to continue withholding federal carbon levy on home heating
REGINA -- Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe says residents would continue to be exempt from paying the federal carbon levy...
Saskatchewan NDP proposes $2.7M 'accountability commission'; Moe slams costing
REGINA -- Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck released her entire platform Friday, with plans to address health care, schools and...
Saskatchewan Party, NDP leaders address crime on campaign trail ahead of election
REGINA -- Saskatchewan's two main party leaders addressed crime Thursday, with Scott Moe promising more powers for police and the...
Saskatchewan's main political parties address health care issues during campaign
SASKATOON, Sask. -- Saskatchewan's two main party leaders were on the campaign trail Wednesday addressing health care, with Carla Beck's...
Saskatchewan Party candidate says sorry for using racial slur a year ago
REGINA -- A Saskatchewan Party candidate apologized Tuesday after it came to light that he used a racial slur in...
Saskatchewan Party candidate apologizes for saying racially inappropriate word
REGINA -- A Saskatchewan Party candidate has come under fire for repeating a racially inappropriate word in the government caucus...
Saskatchewan NDP promises $1B for health care; Moe proposes disability help
REGINA -- Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck has promised to invest more than $1 billion into health care to help...
Saskatchewan NDP promises more police; Saskatchewan Party proposes fertilization help
REGINA -- Saskatchewan New Democratic Leader Carla Beck promised more police officers on the campaign trail Monday, while the Saskatchewan...
Saskatchewan NDP promises to hire 100 police officers instead of marshals
REGINA -- Saskatchewan New Democratic Leader Carla Beck says her government would hire 100 police officers across the province if...