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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 […]

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 […]

Saskatchewan legislators are back in the house, with Premier Scott Moe’s government promising to do more on affordability, to do better on health care and education, and to do their best to behave in the chamber. The two-week sitting began Monday with the election of a new Speaker — Melfort legislature member Todd Goudy — and […]

REGINA – Today, I’m going to take a final look at the path to 31 seats for the two major parties competing in the 2024 Saskatchewan election. To recap, the path to 31 was a simple task for the Saskatchewan Party. All they needed to do was hold 28 seats in their “rural firewall” and […]

REGINA – In the end, most pollsters blew it in predicting the results of Saskatchewan’s provincial election.  Public opinion companies were the biggest losers of the election, as the Saskatchewan Party defied predictions of an NDP win and came through with a 34-27 seat majority government, as of Wednesday morning’s ballot counting. The margin in […]

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has congratulated Premier Scott Moe after the Saskatchewan Party won a fifth-straight majority in the provincial election. Trudeau says he wants to work with Moe to provide results for Saskatchewan residents, including creating jobs, expanding child care and improving health care.  Moe’s party lost in the big cities while retaining its […]