Federal Politics

Youth treatment centre celebrates opening at Muskoday First Nation

A loud cheer filled the air Monday morning south of Prince Albert, as the cutting of a large red ribbon represented the culmination of four years of work and partnerships.While the White Buffalo Treat...

May 16, 2022

National group calls on Feds to address increasing number of Indigenous women in prison

Citing the high number of Indigenous women incarcerated in federal institutions, the Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC) is demanding the federal government take immediate action.According to ...

May 06, 2022

Chief Poundmaker's sacred staff comes home

Parks Canada formally transferred ownership of the sacred staff belonging to Chief Poundmaker to his descendents in an historical ceremony Wednesday.During the event at Fort Battleford National Histor...

May 04, 2022

It's official: Who's in, who's out of the Conservative leadership race

OTTAWA - The Conservative party says there are six official candidates in the leadership race that will culminate with a winner announced Sept. 10. Candidates had to submit the full $300,000 required ...

May 02, 2022

Métis Nation looks to re-vamp constitution

A series of public consultations have kicked off as the Mtis Nation - Saskatchewan (MN-S) works to re-vamp its constitution. Changing the document was part of an agreement struck with the federal gove...

Apr 21, 2022

Local mayors examine potential impact from federal budget

Expectations for what kind of impact the federal budget will have in Saskatchewan is mixed amongst local city mayors.Political reaction came swiftly after the announcement of the 2022 budget, which pr...

Apr 19, 2022

Prime minister pays tribute to 22 victims on anniversary of Nova Scotia mass shooting

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is paying tribute to the 22 victims of the worst mass shooting in modern Canadian history.Two years ago today, a gunman began a two-day rampage in the small Nova Scotia c...

Apr 18, 2022

Saskatchewan Conservative MP’s criticize federal budget

Conservative Members of Parliament did not hold back in the days following the release of the Government of Canada's 2022 budget.Gary Vidal of Desneth-Missinippi-Churchill River, told meadowlakeNOW th...

Apr 11, 2022

$452B plan focused on affordability, innovation as uncertainty looms

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's second pandemic budget turns Canada's fiscal focus to making life more affordable and giving a long-needed boost to Canadian productivity.She nonetheless wrapped t...

Apr 07, 2022

Canadian Taxpayers Federation debt clock stops in Battlefords

Representatives from the Canadian Taxpayers Federation were in the Battlefords recently as part of the national debt clock tour. The citizens advocacy group committed to lowering taxes and increasing ...

Mar 28, 2022