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Trudeau to chair Canada-U.S. relations cabinet committee amid calls to resign
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will chair a meeting of the cabinet committee on Canada-U.S. relations today, amid increasing calls for his resignation.A mid-day adjustment to Trudeau's itinerary was issued by the Prime Minister's Office and notes he will take part in the meeting virtually, though a specific tim...
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Premier Scott Moe reflects on 2024 and looks ahead to 2025
With the calendar about to turn over to 2025, it's only natural to take stock of the year that was and the hopes for the year that will be.Reporter Lisa Schick sat down with Premier Scott Moe in his cabinet office for an end-of-year chat.The following interview has been edited for length and clarity.Lisa: First of all,...
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Holiday Travel
Plan to travel? Check the Highway Hotline
The Minister of Highways is encouraging drivers to make an informed decision before travelling this holiday season. In a press release issued by SGI, David Marit said, "It is the season of holiday preparations, including checking the Highway Hotline before heading out on the roads this winter and driving to visit ...
Dec 22, 2024
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Court
Saskatchewan Appeal Court upholds thumbs-up emoji verdict in grain contract dispute
Saskatchewan's highest court has given a thumbs-down to an appeal in a legal case involving the use of an emoji.The Court of Appeal of Saskatchewan upheld this week a verdict that found a thumbs-up emoji met signature requirements and was a legally binding agreement between farmer Chris Achter and Kent Mickleborough, a...
Dec 21, 2024
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Santa Stop
Santa makes special stop at Jim Pattison Children's Hospital
Santa is making sure everyone is in the holiday spirit this Christmas, especially those away from home.On Thursday, he visited the Jim Pattison Children's Hospital (JPCH) as part of the JPCH Foundation's (JPCHF) 'Project Holiday Joy' initiatives. President and CEO of the foundation, Brynn Boback-Lane said the visit is ...
Dec 21, 2024
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Leadership
Riders coaching staff remains mostly unchanged for 2025
The Saskatchewan Roughriders are keeping things mostly consistent when it comes to Cory Mace's coaching staff.J.C. Sherritt is the only member from the 2024 group to not return with reports indicating he has accepted the role of defensive co-ordinator for Mark Kilam's staff with the Edmonton Elks.Travis Brown joins the...
Dec 19, 2024
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Saskatchewan

wages and class complexity
Sask. teachers, government wrap binding arbitration hearing
The binding arbitration hearing between the Teachers' Bargaining Committee and the Government-Trustee Bargaining Committee concluded Wednesday shortly after 6 p.m. in Saskatoon.Written positions on wages and class complexity-accountability framework were shared during the three days of presentations.The arbitration boa...
Dec 19, 2024
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dismissing regulations
Sask. to ignore federal Clean Energy Regulations despite changes
Despite changes made within the final Clean Energy Regulations (CER) published by the federal government this week, the Government of Saskatchewan continued to dismiss the regulations themselves and the authority behind them.The provincial government has been railing against the iterations of the draft regulations for ...
Dec 19, 2024
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Correcting mistakes
New federal commission established to review potential wrongful convictions
Having spent 23 years in prison for a crime he did not commit, David Milgard dedicated the rest of his life to advocating for others who had been wrongfully convicted.And that passion has led to the Royal Assent of David and Joyce Milgaard's Law, which establishes a federal independent commission whose job it will be t...
Dec 18, 2024
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Call for change
'Legal loophole:' NDP want to see changes to Conflict of Interest Act
The NDP is asking for more from Sask Party's Minister of Health, Jeremy Cockrill.This comes after Cockrill was found to have broken a conflict of interest rule earlier this week.NDP's Rural and Remote Health and Ethics and Democracy critic, Meara Conway, said Cockrill's statement was disappointing."He doesn't seem...
Dec 18, 2024
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Canada pushes net-zero electricity target to 2050 as Alberta vows legal challenge
The federal government has pushed its target to achieve a net-zero electricity grid back 15 years to 2050 as part of new clean electricity regulations announced Tuesday - though officials maintain that target date was always the goal.Canada had previously signalled an aim to fully decarbonize electricity grids by 2035....
Dec 18, 2024
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Court case fallout
'Miscarriage of justice': FSIN calls for appeal, new law in Kennedy case
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) is calling for an appeal and law changes after charges were stayed for a woman who struck and killed a nine year old girl on a marked crosswalk in Saskatoon.Taylor Ashley Kennedy was charged with impaired driving causing death in the Sept. 9, 2021 crash that killed ...
Dec 18, 2024
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Local MP reacts
'The chaos was real': MP Gary Vidal on Freeland's resignation
A quiet has settled over Parliament Hill after yesterday's historic and weird day in Canadian politics brought the government to a standstill. "Yesterday was very chaotic, it was a very interesting day around here," said Gary Vidal, Conservative MP for the Desnethé-Missinippi-Churchill River riding. Mo...
Dec 17, 2024
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BATTLEFORDS MLA
Cockrill found in violation in one conflict of interest investigation, cleared in another
Saskatchewan's Conflict of Interest Commissioner concluded MLA and Health Minister Jeremy Cockrill breached conflict of interest regulations when it came to his father-in-law's business receiving government contracts but did not violate the act when investing in helium companies benefitting from government incentives.C...
Dec 17, 2024
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With Freeland out and the federal deficit up, Parliament is set to take holiday break
Members of Parliament are set to begin their holiday break later today, capping off a tumultuous fall sitting filled with non-confidence votes, filibusters, stalled legislation, a growing deficit and the finance minister's resignation.After Chrystia Freeland's bombshell departure from cabinet Monday morning, several Li...
Dec 17, 2024
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Pressure mounts for Trudeau to step aside after Freeland resigns from cabinet
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government is reeling after suddenly losing its top cabinet minister, Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, reigniting calls for Trudeau to step down and call an election.Freeland made a surprise declaration she's making her exit from cabinet because the prime min...
Dec 16, 2024
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Appeal allowed
New trial ordered in sex assault of 5-year-old in Battlefords area
The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal has ordered a new trial for a man who was previously convicted of sexually assaulting a five-year-old girl in a historic case from 2013. According to court documents, the girl, identified as N.A., lived with her dad and a sibling in a three-bedroom house on a Saskatchewan First Nation. ...
Dec 16, 2024
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To the button
PA to host U-18 provincial curling playdowns
The province's best U-18 curlers will hit the pebbled ice at the Prince Albert Curling Centre later this month.The city is playing host to the provincial playdowns with a total of nine girls teams and six boys teams competing.Secretary of the host committee, Pat Bibby, said the field includes high calibre athletes incl...
Dec 16, 2024
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Political careers
'Rural Saskatchewan roots': Lt. Gov. Designate Bernadette McIntyre takes on new role
Bernadette McIntyre has spent a lifetime in service to others and now, she is about to become the provincial representative of a Head of State that has also spent his life in service to others.McIntyre will officially step into her role at the Lieutenant Governor at the end of January, and she said it has been a bit of...
Dec 16, 2024
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COMBAT GUN CRIME
Sask. ammunition retailer enhances tracking of sales
Editors note: This story was edited on Tuesday, Dec. 17 at 8:45 a.m. battlefordsNOW mistakingly referred to Battlefords Bait and Tackle as a firearms dealer. That information is incorrect. The store sells ammunition, along with fishing and hunting supplies. We apologize for any confusion this may have caused. A Battlef...
Dec 16, 2024
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JPCHF
'Extraordinary generosity': $1M donation boosts pediatric gastroenterology unit at Jim Pattison Children's Hospital
It's another win for Jim Pattison Children's Hospital and children in Saskatchewan.Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Foundation (JPCHF) received a $1 million donation from 10 donors to purchase advanced pediatric gastroenterology equipment to allow Saskatchewan's youngest patients to receive world-class care.In a releas...
Dec 16, 2024
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Court
Cries of racism fill courtroom as judge stays impaired driving charge in Saskatoon
Tears and cries filled a packed Saskatoon provincial courtroom on Friday as Judge Jane Wooten stayed the case of a woman who struck and killed a nine year old girl on a crosswalk in Saskatoon in 2021, citing delays."You're forever going down as the white judge who upheld white supremacy," one woman bellowed.O...
Dec 15, 2024
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Politics
NDP concerned Marshals Service 'poaching' from existing police forces
The Saskatchewan NDP is reiterating its concerns about the Saskatchewan Marshals Service (SMS), which is scheduled to launch earlier than expected.The province's newest police force is expected to be up and running next summer.While recruiting has begun to fill the 70 new policing positions, the NDP says the Marshals S...
Dec 15, 2024
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Court proceedings
Impaired driving charge in Kennedy case stayed due to delays
The court case of a woman accused of hitting and killing a nine-year-old Saskatoon girl in a crosswalk has been stayed due to delays.Taylor Ashley Kennedy was charged with impaired driving causing death in the 2021 crash that led to the death of Bayleigh Maurice. The nine-year-old girl was on her way to school, riding ...
Dec 13, 2024
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Ongoing strike
Federal minister asks labour board to intervene in Canada Post strike
OTTAWA - Federal Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon says he is "calling a timeout" in the Canada Post strike, and asking the Canada Industrial Relations Board to send about 55,000 employees back to work.Mackinnon says the Crown corporation and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers are at an impasse after a nearl...
Dec 13, 2024
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New name
Canada's largest Cree-bilingual reflects on the legacy of Indian Residential Schools with its new name
After 10 months and 135 possible name suggestions, St. Frances Cree Bilingual School in Saskatoon will dawn a new name and that's reason to celebrate.The name selected is awâsisak kâ-nîmîhtocik- St. Francis School, the Cree portion of the name means 'children who dance.'"The name is not onl...
Dec 13, 2024
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tis the season
Santa in the North continues to spread Christmas joy to remote communities
Santa in the North, an annual endeavor organized by Rise Air, delivered more gifts than ever to young children and teens this month. "We are in a very unique position as we are not only 100 per cent Indigenous-owned by the communities that Rise Air serves, but from the perspective of doing the right thing and supp...
Dec 12, 2024
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Looking for closure
Megan Gallagher's parents prepare for 'next chapter' after killer sentenced
One chapter is over, but there are still many left in the book.That's how parents Brian and Debbie Gallagher characterized the second-degree murder conviction of 29-year-old Robert James Joseph Thomas in Saskatoon's Court of King's Bench, for his role in 30-year-old Megan Gallagher's murder.Megan was last seen in Saska...
Dec 12, 2024
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Approval ratings
Scott Moe's approval jumps seven points after re-election: Angus Reid poll
After securing another majority government in October's provincial election, Premier Scott Moe's approval has rebounded, jumping by seven points.That's according to the latest premier approval ratings, published on Wednesday by the Angus Reid Institute. The poll showed Moe's popularity sitting at 52 per cent, up from 4...
Dec 12, 2024
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Politics
Sask. NDP bangs drum to eliminate PST from kids clothing this Christmas
Saskatchewan's NDP Leader Carla Beck is banging the drum for the Sask. Party to immediately and permanently remove Provincial Sales Tax (PST) from children's clothing in time for Christmas."We've heard from so many hard working parents, grandparents even, who are worried about the cost of living," Beck said.B...
Dec 11, 2024
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