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Health care recruitment was back in the spotlight at the Saskatchewan Legislature Thursday as a delegation from Duck Lake raised concerns about their struggles attracting doctors.  The delegation of community leaders, which included Duck Lake Goodwill Manor Chair Ray Gauthier and Beardy’s & Okemasis’ Cree Nation Chief Edwin Ananas, stood alongside NDP leader Carla Beck […]

As the proposed Bunge-Viterra merger makes it way through the regulatory approval process of the Competition Bureau, it was a featured topic of debate in the Saskatchewan Legislature Thursday. It surfaced in Question Period when NDP Ag Critic Trent Wotherspoon accused the SaskParty government of being silent over the file. Wotherspoon says he asked Agriculture […]

Emails show an early draft of Saskatchewan’s school pronoun policy would have allowed teachers to use a child’s preferred identification if there was concern the student faced danger when parents were notified.  Premier Scott Moe’s government announced the policy last year. It requires teachers to have parental consent when children under 16 want to change […]

The NDP is raising concern about the lack of space in emergency and secondary shelters for women fleeing domestic violence. Opposition critic Nicole Sarauer says each month 600 women in this province fleeing interpersonal violence are turned away for lack of space at shelters.   Advanced Education minister Tina Beaudry-Mellor says the province has taken […]

The fall sitting of the legislature saw the SaskParty and NDP go back and forth over the government’s record on health and education. Opposition MLA’s including leader Ryan Meili grilled the government saying Saskatchewan schools are in terrible shape and doctors are severely overworked. Premier Scott Moe and SaskParty MLA’s repeatedly stated there are more […]

Unifor employees at the Co-op Refinery will be locked out of work starting at 5:30 p.m. Thursday. The lockout notice was issued by the company after 800 union employees  issued a 48 our strike notice on Tuesday, to ensure operations can still run during the strike. During question period, NDP Leader Ryan Meili asked how […]

  The NDP is calling on the SaskParty government to cover a huge shortfall in school funding in Saskatchewan. Opposition leader Ryan Meili called on the Moe government to hold a mid-year review of school funding and ensure classroom size does not exceed 2 dozen kids. He says enrollment is up 2 thousand students this […]

  The NDP raised concerns about western separatism in the Saskatchewan legislature Wednesday. Opposition leader Ryan Meili says Premier Scott Moe failed to denounce talk of western separatism following his meeting with Prime Minister Trudeau this week in Ottawa. Meili says it is a dangerous game not to denounce western separatism. Premier Moe says he […]

  The NDP is calling on the SaskParty government to implement a suicide prevention strategy. Opposition deputy leader Nicole Sarauer says suicide is a serious issue and is the second leading cause of death among young people in Canada. She adds the suicide rate for first nations people in Saskatchewan are four times that of […]