Category Archives: Prairies/BC
Provincial election: Saskatchewan Party outlines $800M four-year plan
SASKATOON — The Saskatchewan Party is promising to spend more than $800 million on new programs and rebates over the next four years if it is re-elected. Leader Scott Moe outlined the party's platform in Saskatoon today as the campaign for
Saskatchewan leaders release election platforms, launch attacks over deficit plans
SASKATOON — The leaders of Saskatchewan's two contending political parties may have been a stone's throw from each other as they released their election platforms Friday, but they were quick to emphasize the distance between their policies. Standing in...
Follow the party leaders in Saskatchewan’s provincial election campaign
Where the leaders are on the campaign trail Friday for the Oct. 26 Saskatchewan election: Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe SASKATOON — Releases his party's platform (10 a.m., Remai Riverview Room, 102 Spadina Cres. E.) SASKATOON — Makes a camp...
Seeing ‘essential’ role of child care may be pandemic’s silver lining: advocates
VANCOUVER — The British Columbia Liberal Party promised Friday to deliver daycare at $10 a day for low-income families if elected. The announcement means all three of British Columbia's major political parties have now made campaign pledges of fr...
B.C.’s public health officer urges businesses to ensure proper measures in place
VICTORIA — British Columbia's provincial health officer is urging businesses to ensure they are in compliance with health and safety standards to protect employees from COVID-19. Dr. Bonnie Henry says public health teams would provide guidance if a wor...
Manitoba premier says new testing sites, staff will cut COVID-19 testing lineups
WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister promised Thursday to open more COVID-19 testing sites and train more staff in an attempt to cut long waiting lines that have left many people frustrated or simply turned away. "I have never found it
Saskatchewan Party promises lower ambulance costs, increased benefits for seniors
NORTH BATTLEFORD, SASKATCHEWAN — Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe says his party would provide new supports for seniors if re-elected Oct. 26.Scott Moe says he would significantly reduce the cost of ambulance calls for seniors He says his plan would...
Saskatchewan NDP promises $10M for mental health, suicide, opioid support
SASKATOON — Saskatchewan NDP Leader Ryan Meili is promising to invest more than $10 million to improve access to mental health care for families if elected Oct. 26. Meili also says the money would help create a strategy to combat the
Supreme Court declines to review sentence in stabbing of Manitoba teenager
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada will not review the eight-year sentence handed to a man who stabbed a teenager at a church.Maksym Kravchenko assaulted the girl in a washroom after a Sunday service at the Pembina Valley Baptist
B.C. party leaders talk taxes, housing at board of trade event
VANCOUVER — British Columbia's party leaders offered a glimpse into how they would stimulate economic recovery if elected to government in a virtual discussion hosted by the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade. The stakes are high for members of the...
