Sask Party

REGINA – The opposition New Democrats have raised concerns again about a new addictions treatment facility in Lumsden. This time, the NDP released a number of government emails which pointed to the amount of $800,000 being sent last summer to private operator EHN Canada to operate Willowview Treatment Centre. This was at a time when the facility was […]

Saskatchewan’s new provincial police force has begun interviewing Mounties as it prepares to launch this year, a move critics say highlights concerns of job poaching. Chief Marshal Robert Cameron of the Saskatchewan Marshals Service says the force has received interest from across the country for its positions, including officers from Saskatchewan. A spokesperson with the marshals later confirmed […]

Saskatchewan’s two main political leaders had agreed before October’s provincial election not to target the families of candidates during the campaign, says Opposition NDP Leader Carla Beck. It was a commitment she says was broken.  In a recent year-end interview with The Canadian Press, Beck said she and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe had promised one another they […]

REGINA – The Government of Saskatchewan’s Crown oil and natural gas public offering, held on Dec. 3, raised $11,392,502 for the province, with the southeast region generating most of the revenue. Of the 56 parcels in Saskatchewan posted for this offering, 51 received acceptable bids, covering a total of 13,561.384 hectares. The southeast brought in $8,088,540 for […]

REGINA – The recriminations were on at the Legislature Wednesday after two attempted emergency motions from the NDP went nowhere at committee. The Opposition had attempted to put two emergency motions to the Human Services Committee that morning. One would have compelled former Regina Northeast MLA Gary Grewal to testify on Social Services hotel policies and […]

Questions have abounded after news late last week that the new LED Volume Wall at the John Hopkins Soundstage will soon be leaving Regina. The LED wall itself is a private investment on the part of Volume Global to the tune of $12.5 million. They brought the wall to the soundstage in partnership with Saskatchewan-based […]

Saskatchewan’s provincial auditor is to release a report today outlining government programs and services that need improvement. Tara Clemett’s report is to cover the regulation of foreign-owned farmland, along with timely dispatching for fire emergencies. It’s to also look at how SaskPower, a Crown electrical utility, is transitioning to non-emitting energy sources. The report will […]

REGINA – As expected and as promised, the Sask Party government has introduced The Saskatchewan Affordability Act in the Legislative Assembly.  The legislation is designed to fulfil the government’s campaign commitments from the provincial election campaign.  Included in the legislation, according to the province’s news release, is what the government touts as the largest personal income tax reduction in […]

Premier Scott Moe said it would be the first piece of legislation taken up by the newly constituted legislature, and it appears he is keeping that promise. During the election campaign, Scott Moe and the Sask Party made a variety promises to try and make life more affordable with rising costs hitting everything from housing, […]

A Saskatchewan legislature member says his transgender children were targeted in an election campaign promise about school change rooms and he wants an apology from Premier Scott Moe. Opposition NDP member Jared Clarke told the legislative assembly this week his daughters were subjects of a complaint for using a girls’ change room at a southeast Saskatchewan school. “The premier […]