After the timing of the last two budgets was altered by the pandemic, the provincial government is back on schedule with its release of Wednesday’s 2022-23 budget.Saskatchewan Finance Minister Donna Harpauer will deliver the provincial budget at approximately 2:15 p.m. CST on Wednesday. (Michael Bell/The Canadian Press)After the timing of the last two budgets was…
Saskatchewan’s minister of corrections, policing and public safety expressed confidence in the investigators looking into the actions of police after the death of a young child in Prince Albert, Sask., last month, while First Nation leaders continue to criticize the city’s police force.Minister of Corrections, Policing and Public Safety Christine Tell says an investigation is…
Joyce Murray made her first trip to Atlantic Canada as DFO minister this week to meet with provincial governments, industry, Indigenous leaders and environmentalists.Federal Fisheries and Oceans Minister Joyce Murray in Halifax on Nov. 18, 2021. (CBC)Joyce Murray reaffirmed the federal government has the authority to regulate M’ikmaw moderate livelihood fishing as she made her…
Federal Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson has reinstated his decision to subject a thermal coal mine expansion in Alberta to a federal review.The existing Vista mine near Hinton, Alta., began shipping coal for export in May 2019. (Bighorn Mining)Federal Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson has reinstated his decision to subject a thermal coal mine expansion in Alberta…
The potential for more lockdowns is on the table if a third wave in Europe spreads to the UK, a minister has suggested. Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden said today that imposing restrictions again after this latest round are relaxed is the ‘last thing’ the government wants to do. However, asked this morning by Andrew Marr…
The minister says the bill is only aimed at regulating foreign streaming giants and social media giants May 16, 2021 11:24 AM…
The CRTC may have regulating powers related to the discoverability of online content Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault says the CRTC may regulate…
Corrections Minister Christine Tell says she and Justice Minister Gordon Wyant have asked for a review of the circumstances that led up to Squirrel’s release from Pine Grove Correctional Centre last month, just days before her frozen body was found in Saskatoon.Kimberly Squirrel, 34, was found dead in Saskatoon on Jan. 23. Saskatchewan Corrections Minister…
B.C.’s health minister is warning that the number of COVID-19 cases recorded over the weekend in the province will be significantly high, following record numbers last week. Adrian Dix said seeing Halloween crowds on Vancouver’s Granville Street was ‘irritating,’ but the bigger problem fuelling the province’s rising case numbers is private gatherings. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press)B.C.’s health…
Justin Trudeau weighed in Wednesday on the search for the missing Vancouver software developer, who is believed to have headed out for an overnight hike and never returned. Jordan Naterer was reported missing in Vancouver where he lives after he failed to return from a hiking trip to Manning Park Thanksgiving weekend. (Submitted by Julia Naterer)With…
