REGINA – Today, the Saskatchewan NDP held a reception at the legislature to honour Brenda Reynolds, a status treaty member of the Fishing Lake Saulteaux First Nation. Reynolds is the first Indigenous person and first Canadian to receive the UN Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Prize which is awarded to two recipients every five years.
Meetings In July, Letter In September ... And Still Producers Left In the Lurch
REGINA – As rural municipalities continue to gather in the province’s capital, the Saskatchewan NDP is backing their collective call for long-term drought support for producers as some areas have experienced severe conditions for nine years and counting. The Saskatchewan NDP have been calling for emergency drought measures and long-term fixes together with drought devastated RMs and producers throughout this summer and fall.
The Number of Working Families Needing Support Has Also Surged
MOOSE JAW – The Moose Jaw & District Food Bank has seen a 150 per cent surge in food bank visits in the past four years.
REGINA – Jacqueline Roy, ministre en ombre des Affaires francophones du NPD de la Saskatchewan, a présenté un projet de loi historique visant à donner à la communauté fransaskoise une voix officielle et une plateforme de consultation avec le gouvernement.
REGINA – Saskatchewan NDP Shadow Minister for Francophone Affairs Jacqueline Roy has introduced landmark legislation to give the Fransaskois community a formal voice and platform for consultation with government.
Sask. Party Continues To Duck True Accountability For Unprecedented Disaster In Saskatchewan’s North
REGINA – A heroic volunteer firefighter who, along with a few others attempted to save Denare Beach from the raging Wolf fire, headed to the Legislature Wednesday to speak out about how the Sask. Party abandoned his community — and to demand that a truly independent public inquiry finally be called.