Provincial Politics

Mayors discuss construction PST, prompt payment and 2024 election

Prompt payment to contractors, ongoing objections to Provincial Sales Tax (PST) on construction projects, and the 2024 provincial election were among the topics up for discussion by the 16-city Mayors...

Oct 18, 2019 (Nigel Maxwell/paNOW Staff)

Alberta introduces legislation allowing access to partner's criminal records

EDMONTON - Alberta is introducing legislation first developed in Britain that allows people in abusive relationships to request information about a partner's criminal record. Premier Ja...

Oct 16, 2019

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg in Edmonton Friday for climate strike

EDMONTON - Swedish activist Greta Thunberg is planning to be at the Alberta legislature Friday for a climate strike. Climate Justice Edmonton says the 16-year-old Stockholm student will join acti...

Oct 16, 2019

Alberta joining class-action lawsuit against opioid manufacturers, distributors

CALGARY - The Alberta government says it's joining a class-action lawsuit to recoup health-care costs related to the opioid crisis. Health Minister Tyler Shandro says there were almost 800 fatal overd...

Oct 15, 2019

Melfort welcomes leaders for Northeast Regional SUMA meeting

The Kerry Vickar Centre in Melfort was the site for the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities (SUMA) Northeast Regional Meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 2.Municipal leaders, including Mayors, Councillors, Chief...

Oct 05, 2019 The Kerry Vickar Centre in Melfort welcomed leaders from about 20 local communities for the Northeast Regional SUMA Meeting. (File Photo/northeastNOW Staff)

"Morale is high and we just want a fair deal": Unifor members go on strike

Equipped with a hot cup of coffee in one hand and a sign in the other, employees represented by Unifor are walking the picket lines outside the SaskEnergy, SaskPower and SaskTel offices in Prince Albe...

Oct 04, 2019 A dozen Unifor members were seeing walking in front of the Sask Energy office in Prince Albert on fifth Ave. E. (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)

SUMA hopes to combat harassment

The organization that represents Saskatchewan's cities, town and villages is looking to help their members better deal with harassment in the workplace. The Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Associati...

Sep 25, 2019 The Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association is looking to educate its members about workplace harassment (File Photo/paNOW Staff)

Tisdale receives grant from provincial government for regional landfill

Key funding towards a multimillion dollar project was officially presented to the Town of Tisdale.Carrot River Valley MLA Fred Bradshaw gave a $1.7 million grant on behalf of the provincial government...

Lisa Brady Sep 23, 2019 Carrot River Valley MLA Fred Bradshaw (centre) shakes hands with Tisdale Mayor Al Jellicoe. (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff)

Sask. gov’t outlines offer to province’s teachers

The Government Trustee Bargaining Committee (GTBC) has offered a three-year contract to the province's teachers.In a media release Tuesday, the committee - which comprises representatives from the Gov...

Sep 18, 2019 Education Minister Gordon Wyant discusses the province's contract offer to the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation on Sept. 17, 2019. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)

Alberta inquiry into oil and gas foes could face legal challenge from Ecojustice

CALGARY - An environmental law group is threatening legal action if the Alberta government's inquiry into the funding of oil and gas industry foes continues as is. Vancouver-based Ecojustice issued th...

Sep 18, 2019