Tag Archives: Provincial Politics

Crown employees voting on proposed deal
Unionized employees at Saskatchewan Crown corporations have started the ratification process on a new collective bargaining agreement.A tentative deal was reached between Unifor and six Crowns - SaskT...
Oct 28, 2019 (File photo/CKOM News Staff)

Lon Borgerson to run in Batoche riding
It's straight from the federal campaign into the provincial political fray for local New Democrat Lon Borgerson. The former Saskatchewan Rivers MLA from 2003-2007 had just finished helping the campaig...
Oct 28, 2019 Lon Borgerson will run for the provincial NDP in the Batoche riding in next year's election.(submitted Lon Borgerson)

Sask. government not in favour of western separation
While the idea of Western Canada separating from the rest of the country has been talked about in some corners of Saskatchewan and Alberta since the Liberal party won the federal election Monday, the ...
Oct 25, 2019 (File photo/CKOM News Staff)

Sask. Party shuts down emergency debate on education
The Saskatchewan NDP believes there's a crisis happening in the province's schools, but when its education critic tried to start an emergency debate on the subject after the first Question Period of t...
Oct 24, 2019 (File photo/CKOM News Staff)

Melfort MLA weighs in on start of legislative session
Melfort MLA Todd Goudy is glad to be back to work in Regina.Goudy told northeastNOW while he loves spending time in the constituency, it's nice to return to the capital to get down to work, as the fal...
Oct 24, 2019 Todd Gaudy. (file photo/northeastNOW Staff)

UCP government to table first budget, warns of program spending cuts
EDMONTON - The Alberta government is to table a budget today that will cut program spending by nearly three per cent. The budget is the first under Premier Jason Kenney's United Conservative governmen...
Oct 24, 2019

Alberta education minister releases new guidelines for school seclusion rooms
EDMONTON - Alberta's education minister says seclusion rooms in schools will not be banned, but only used as a last resort when a student poses significant and imminent danger to themselves or others....
Oct 23, 2019

Alberta finance minister says first budget to attack spending, not services
EDMONTON - Alberta Finance Minister Travis Toews says the first budget of the new United Conservative government will surgically attack spending but not at the expense of essential services. Toews say...
Oct 23, 2019

Melfort MLA discusses fall session
The provincial legislature will be abuzz again today with the start of the fall session.The speech from the throne this afternoon will outline the Saskatchewan Party government's plans for the coming ...
Oct 23, 2019 Melfort MLA Todd Goudy (right) with Premier Scott Moe. (File photo/northeastNOW Staff)

Muskoday band signs 'law enforcement' agreement
A new task force which will review how laws are enforced on Saskatchewan First Nations, is part of a new agreement signed between the provincial government and Muskoday First Nation.As part of the rec...
Oct 18, 2019 (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)