Provincial Politics

Just over 1,000 new cases of COVID-19 announced in weekly report

The Government of Saskatchewan has reported the weekly epidemiology (epi) report and is looking at COVID-19 data from March 27 to April 2.In that time, 1,032 new cases were reported in the province, w...

Apr 07, 2022

Scott Moe breaks from trade trip to meet with Ukrainian refugees

Premier Scott Moe is taking a detour on his trade mission to Europe.Moe is taking a break from his business meetings to meet with Ukrainian refugees at a shelter in Kassel, Germany on Thursday.Moe has...

Mar 31, 2022

Provincial budget provides extra dollars to help keep tabs on high risk offenders

Public concerns related to high-risk offenders being on the run were addressed in this week's provincial budget.Over a million dollars was set aside for the implementation of Electronic Monitoring Glo...

Mar 24, 2022

Melfort MLA shares his thoughts on the provincial budget

The MLA for Melfort says he's pleased with the province's new budget and is excited about what it means to the community.Sask Party MLA Todd Goudy spoke to northeastNOW about the budget which was pres...

Mar 24, 2022

PST increases not drawing favourable reaction from Sask. public, golf industry

Most Saskatchewan residents don't seem thrilled with the province's most recent budget."I think we're being taxed enough as it is," Steve commented on the provincial sales tax (PST) now being added to...

Mar 24, 2022

Expanding PST, contracting surgical wait list part of 2022-23 budget

People in Saskatchewan are going to have to pay a few dollars more to be entertained starting in October.As part of the 2022-23 budget released Wednesday, Finance Minister Donna Harpauer announced the...

Mar 23, 2022

Moe hints budget will show Saskatchewan is ‘back on track’

Oil and potash demand has increased in recent months and that could help the Saskatchewan government as it presents the 2022-23 budget Wednesday afternoon.At mid-year, the deficit was forecast to be $...

Mar 23, 2022

Moe, Meili react to federal Liberal-NDP partnership

A move at the federal level is drawing reaction from the Saskatchewan political landscape.On Tuesday, the federal Liberals and NDP announced an agreement that will see the NDP support the Liberals unt...

Mar 22, 2022

Sask. NDP wants rate reduction in addition to SGI rebate

This spring, drivers across Saskatchewan will be getting a boost to their bank accounts with the forthcoming SGI rebate.But the NDP doesn't think that's enough.Last week, SGI announced a $100 rebate w...

Mar 18, 2022

SaskPower warns customers of email scam

SaskPower is issuing a province wide alert, with respect to a new email scam.Customers are essentially being told there's an issue with processing their last bill, and are being encouraged to log on t...

Mar 17, 2022