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Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew has shuffled his cabinet, adding three fresh faces and creating an Innovation and New Technology department. The Innovation portfolio will be headed up by newcomer Mike Moroz.  Its goal is to grow the province’s tech industry and modernize government services. The other new members of the 19-member cabinet are Mintu Sandhu, who […]

REGINA – It is back to work for MLAs at the Saskatchewan Legislature this week following Monday’s provincial election. New and returning members were at the Legislature as they started their preparations for the fall session. On Thursday, the Saskatchewan Party held its first caucus meeting since the election. The meeting consisted of its reduced […]

Saskatchewan’s Opposition is calling on the Speaker to set the wheels in motion for a third-party investigation into gun-carrying and bullying behaviour inside the legislature. NDP democracy critic Meara Conway told reporters Tuesday that Speaker Randy Weekes chairs the all-party house services committee and could call for that panel to vote on whether to launch […]

Saskatchewan legislature members have decided not to investigate the cause of a protest that disrupted the legislative assembly. Jeremy Harrison, the Saskatchewan Party government house leader, says his caucus decided not to pursue the investigation because it would have taken significant resources. In mid-November, dozens of protesters shouted from the galleries and called for a ceasefire in the […]

You may have noticed some different messaging from Elections Saskatchewan during these three byelections in the Regina Area. There isn’t an election day, with advance polls in the days ahead.  Instead its been a “voting week”, with the final day of voting set for today (August 10th). This is going to be the new normal […]