Tag Archives: Provincial Politics
Alberta to hold $2.5-million public inquiry into funding for oilsands foes
CALGARY - The Alberta government is holding a public inquiry into funding of environmental campaigns it says have prevented the province's resources from getting to new customers. Premier Jason K...
Jul 04, 2019
Quiet wildfire season with minimal impact
So far so good for wildfires in this province with the wet, cooler spring and early summer, especially across the North. However, the head of Saskatchewan's firefighting efforts says there's no guaran...
Jul 04, 2019 (File photo/Government of Saskatchewan)
Absence of STC leaves northern resident with few safe options
Sekwun McLeod was stuck in Saskatoon. Unable to find a ride back to her home in Stanley Mission about two weeks ago, she decided to make a point - one that she said ended up being both empowering and ...
Jul 03, 2019 Sekwun McLeod said she had no choice but to walk and hitchhike from Saskatoon to Stanely Mission. (Facebook/Sekwun McLeod)
Pelican Narrows officer re-assigned as RCMP review online video, launch investigation
After a video of a police officer yelling expletives and threatening remarks surfaced on social media over the weekend, the Saskatchewan RCMP have confirmed the Mountie was re-assigned pending an inte...
Jul 02, 2019 An officer pulls his weapon and uses threatening language toward a suspect in Pelican Narrows. This is a screenshot from a video taken of the incident and posted online. Police say a machete was seized during one of three incidents involving the officer they are reviewing. (Facebook)
Lt.-Gov. Thomas Molloy dies at age 78
Saskatchewan's lieutenant-governor, W. Thomas Molloy, died Tuesday after a battle with pancreatic cancer.He was 78.Molloy, who was born in Saskatoon, started his duties as lieutenant-governor on March...
Jul 02, 2019 (Submitted photo/CKOM News)
Bison in Prince Albert National Park declining from overhunting: study
Research into free-roaming plains bison in Saskatchewan's Prince Albert National Park says the herd could go extinct from overhunting in fields outside the protected area. The study, published in...
Jun 30, 2019
Province posts lower than project deficit, year-end financial report shows
Saskatchewan's financial health for 2018-19 was better than expected, according to the provincial government.Figures released by the provincial government on Thursday showed that Saskatchewan finished...
Jun 27, 2019 Saskatchewan Finance Minister Donna Harpauer. (file photo/980 CJME)
Alberta asks Court of Appeal to look at constitutionality of federal carbon tax
EDMONTON - Alberta's justice minister says the province is asking the courts to look into the constitutionality of the federal government imposing its carbon tax.Doug Schweitzer says the province has ...
Jun 20, 2019
Update: Minister's office comments on Denesuline leaders protesting North of 60 decision
Update: paNOW reached out to Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Carolyn Bennets office for a comment regarding the decision to end negotiations pertaining to the North of 60 agreement."No relation...
Jun 19, 2019 First Nation leaders gathered in Ottawa Wednesday to protest what they say was the federal government’s decision to end the discussions over the North of 60 Final Agreement. (submitted photo/PAGC)
Amber Stewart announced as Battlefords NDP nomination candidate
North Battleford social worker Amber Stewart says she walks the walk and lives the cause. That's why she believes she is the right person to represent the NDP in the 2020 provincial election for the B...
Jun 19, 2019 The Battlefords NDP nomination candidate Amber Stewart greets guests during her nomination launch Tuesday. (Angela Brown/battlefordsNOW Staff)