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Jeremy Simes

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Saskatchewan Correspondent with The Canadian Press in Regina. Supporter of all things local. Email is jeremy.simes@thecanadianpress.com

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Jeremy Simes @jeremysimes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Saskatchewan's Crown investments minister stood Thursday in front of a skeleton of steel beams to tout progress on an artificial intelligence mega facility, while the Opposition again called on the province to consult first, then build. ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/constru... #skpoli #cdnpoli
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Construction of Bell Canada's AI data centre in Saskatchewan scaling up
REGINA — Saskatchewan’s Crown investments minister stood Thursday in front of a skeleton of steel beams to tout progress on an artificial intelligence mega facility, while the Opposition again called ...
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Jeremy Simes @jeremysimes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says his government is looking at building two large nuclear reactors in the province’s northwest. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art... #skpoli
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Saskatchewan to build two large nuclear reactors, Moe says
Nuclear power to play a part in province’s broader electrical grid with first reactor potentially online in 2042, Premier says
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Jeremy Simes @jeremysimes.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
U.S. President Donald Trump says his country will continue buying Canadian potash after all. www.thestar.com/news/canada/... #skpoli #cdnpoli
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Trump says U.S. to continue buying Canadian potash but wants cheaper price
Trump says Belarus would still like to sell its potash for a lower price.
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Jeremy Simes @jeremysimes.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
As U.S. President Donald Trump works on a deal to buy potash from Belarus to lessen dependence on Canadian fertilizer, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is warning that the eastern European country has blood on its hands. www.thestar.com/business/tru... #skpoli #cdnpoli
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Moe warns ‘blood potash’ part of Trump’s planned deal with Belarus to thwart Canada
As Trump works on a deal to buy potash from Belarus, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is warning that the eastern European country has blood on its hands.
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Jeremy Simes @jeremysimes.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The Saskatchewan Health Authority has launched an investigation into the death of a Saskatoon woman who was waiting for surgery to fix her broken ankle. www.ctvnews.ca/saskatoon/ar... #skpoli
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Saskatchewan Health Authority investigating woman's death after she broke ankle
Saskatchewan’s health authority has launched an investigation into the death of a Saskatoon woman who was waiting for surgery to fix her broken ankle.
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Jeremy Simes @jeremysimes.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Saskatchewan’s Opposition is calling on a government backbencher to show his receipts after he says he paid out of his own pocket for a private jet to criss-cross the province. www.ctvnews.ca/regina/artic...
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Opposition wants receipts from Saskatchewan politician who chartered private jet
Saskatchewan’s Opposition is calling on a government backbencher to show receipts after he says he paid out of his own pocket for a private jet to attend a number of events across the province.
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Jeremy Simes @jeremysimes.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
What is Regina pizza? It's Greek, good and gets under the crust of Rider rivals ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/regina-...
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What is Regina pizza? It's Greek, good and gets under the crust of Rider rivals
REGINA — It's a two-fisted, square-shaped, greasy-cheesy piece of goodness that has become an official symbol of Saskatchewan's capital city.
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Jeremy Simes @jeremysimes.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
A man sentenced to life in jail for killing two Mounties in a chase involving his blue pickup truck went to court Monday to try to get the vehicle back. ca.news.yahoo.com/saskatchewan...
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Saskatchewan Mountie killer seeks in court to keep bullet-riddled truck
SASKATOON — A man sentenced to life in jail for killing two Mounties in a chase involving his blue pickup truck went to court Monday to try to get the vehicle back.
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Jeremy Simes @jeremysimes.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
New data centres in Saskatchewan must be Canadian-owned and are also required to supply their own electricity, the province announced Thursday. ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/saskatc... #skpoli
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Saskatchewan says new data centres must be Canadian and supply own power
REGINA — New data centres in Saskatchewan must be Canadian-owned and are also required to supply their own electricity, the province announced Thursday.
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Jeremy Simes @jeremysimes.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Saskatchewan’s Premier Moe announces 50% retaliatory tax on U.S. booze amid trade war www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
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Saskatchewan’s Premier Moe announces 50% retaliatory tax on U.S. booze amid trade war
Starting Sept. 8, Saskatchewan will impose the 50 per cent fee, the Premier said.
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Jeremy Simes @jeremysimes.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Saskatchewan's marshals policing service has been ordered to pause development of a proposed tactical unit, and the community safety minister says a rogue employee is partly to blame. ca.news.yahoo.com/saskatchewan... #skpoli
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Saskatchewan minister tells marshals to pause tactical unit, equipment purchase
REGINA — Saskatchewan's marshals policing service has been ordered to pause development of a proposed tactical unit, and the community safety minister says a rogue employee is partly to blame.
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Jeremy Simes @jeremysimes.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Amy Haynes is staring down a $1,300 ambulance bill for her son, but she says she shouldn't have to pay the entire cost. www.ctvnews.ca/saskatoon/ar... #skpoli
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Saskatchewan family billed $1,300 for ambulance ride, calls out lack of beds
A Saskatchewan mother says she wants the province to do better on health care after receiving a $1,300 ambulance bill for her son.
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Jeremy Simes @jeremysimes.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Saskatchewan Roughriders fans held ballcaps in their hands, while some wiped away tears, as the team on Thursday honoured a player and another man killed in a highway crash. ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/going-h...
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Saskatchewan Roughrider fans pay tribute to player and man killed in crash
REGINA — Saskatchewan Roughriders fans held ballcaps in their hands, while some wiped away tears, as the team on Thursday honoured a player and another man killed in a highway crash.
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Jeremy Simes @jeremysimes.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Mounties say Saskatchewan Roughrider player Jayden Dalke was driving on the wrong side of a highway, with alcohol and cannabis in his SUV, when his vehicle crashed into another northwest of Regina, killing himself and another driver. ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/two-kil...
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CP NewsAlert: Roughrider driving wrong way, booze and cannabis in SUV, in fatal crash
REGINA — Mounties say Saskatchewan Roughrider player Jayden Dalke was driving on the wrong side of a highway, with alcohol and cannabis in his SUV, when his vehicle crashed into another northwest of R...
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Jeremy Simes @jeremysimes.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
'Power hungry': Nuclear renaissance a boon for Canada's mining and reactor sectors www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/national/pow...
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'Power hungry': Nuclear renaissance a boon for Canada's mining and reactor sectors
CIGAR LAKE, SASK. - Taryn Roske lost her job twice when the nuclear industry had ground to a halt.
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Jeremy Simes @jeremysimes.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Inside Northern Saskatchewan's 'small but high-grade' uranium mine www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Inside Northern Saskatchewan's 'small but high-grade' uranium mine | CBC News
Fern is one of more than 400 employees and contractors at Cameco's Cigar Lake mine, located in the rugged boreal forest 660 kilometres northeast of Saskatoon. She and others spoke about their work at ...
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Jeremy Simes @jeremysimes.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Flooding in Saskatchewan has forced more communities to declare states of emergency, while some residents were evacuated from a First Nation near the Manitoba boundary. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/...
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Jeremy Simes @jeremysimes.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
A Regina mosque is pausing announcements of the Muslim call to prayer that rung out from its rooftop speakers after receiving some pushback. www.ctvnews.ca/regina/artic...
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Regina mosque pausing use of speakers to amplify call to prayer in city's downtown
A Regina mosque is pausing announcements of the Muslim call to prayer from its rooftop speakers after receiving some pushback.
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Jeremy Simes @jeremysimes.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Nearly three years after Saskatchewan's pronoun law came into effect, LGBTQ+ groups and the province's Opposition are warning of its consequences. www.ctvnews.ca/regina/artic... #skpoli
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Saskatchewan NDP urges province to repeal pronoun law affecting LGBTQ+ youth
Saskatchewan’s Opposition is urging Premier Scott Moe to do away with the province’s pronoun law after it came into effect nearly three years ago.
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Jeremy Simes @jeremysimes.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
A report from Saskatchewan's auditor says the province's public safety agency needs to do a better job at preparing for the wildfire season. ca.news.yahoo.com/saskatchewan... #skpoli
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Saskatchewan auditor finds public safety agency lacks planning to fight wildfires
REGINA — A report from Saskatchewan's auditor says the province's public safety agency needs to do a better job at preparing for the wildfire season.
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Jeremy Simes @jeremysimes.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
A man who witnessed a shooting that left two Mounties seriously hurt in a Saskatchewan city says the alleged gunman got into a fight with his neighbour before police arrived. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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Two Saskatchewan RCMP officers stable after shooting
Officers were shot while responding to an assault at a house in Melville, northeast of Regina on Sunday night, officials say
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Jeremy Simes @jeremysimes.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Family members of a young man who was stabbed to death two decades ago hugged each other in a Regina courtroom Tuesday after a judge sentenced the convicted killer. ca.news.yahoo.com/regina-man-r...
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Regina man receives 7-year youth sentence for stabbing death 20 years ago
REGINA — Family members of a young man who was stabbed to death two decades ago hugged each other in a Regina courtroom Tuesday after a judge sentenced the convicted killer.
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Jeremy Simes @jeremysimes.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Saskatchewan's community safety minister is promising to make improvements after an independent review found the province's public safety agency was ill-prepared to fight last year's wildfires. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/... #skpoli
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Saskatchewan's safety agency not prepared for last year's wildfires: report
REGINA - Saskatchewan's community safety minister is promising to make improvements after an independent review found the province's public safety agency was ill-prepared to fight last year's wildfire...
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Jeremy Simes @jeremysimes.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Saskatchewan's safety agency not prepared for last year's wildfires: report ca.news.yahoo.com/saskatchewan... #skpoli
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Saskatchewan's safety agency not prepared for last year's wildfires: report
REGINA — An independent review into how Saskatchewan handled last year's wildfires has found its public safety agency wasn't fully prepared.
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Jeremy Simes @jeremysimes.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
As Ottawa appears to inch closer to a trade deal with India, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says he hopes the agreement addresses punishing tariffs on pulse crops. www.ctvnews.ca/regina/artic... #skpoli
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Premier Moe says new trade deal with India would benefit Saskatchewan despite tariffs
As Ottawa appears to inch closer to a trade deal with India, Premier Scott Moe says he hopes the agreement addresses punishing tariffs on pulse crops.
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Jeremy Simes @jeremysimes.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Saskatoon's landmark riverboat is being left high and dry again this year – and its new owner isn't happy with the province. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/environment/... #skpoli
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Just add water: Saskatoon riverboat suspends trips, wants answers on low river levels
SASKATOON - Saskatoon's landmark riverboat is being left high and dry again this year – and its new owner isn't happy with the province.
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Jeremy Simes @jeremysimes.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Bathroom parity is finally coming to the women politicians of the Saskatchewan legislature — more than a century after the building opened. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/fem... #skpoli
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Female politicians in Saskatchewan to get own washroom, 110 years later
REGINA - Bathroom parity is finally coming to the women politicians of the Saskatchewan legislature — more than a century after the building opened.
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Jack Farrell @jack-farrell.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Elections Alberta says over 550 people accessed the database with the leaked personal info of nearly 3 million people under investigation. And Alberta’s privacy watchdog now says she’ll be doing her own probe too. From me and @reportrix.bsky.social: www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/...
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More than 550 people accessed renegade voter database: Elections Alberta
EDMONTON - Alberta's elections agency said Thursday it believes 568 people accessed a voter list at the heart of a massive privacy breach involving a separatist group.
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Jeremy Simes @jeremysimes.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
New figures from Saskatchewan's electrical utility show it would cost about $1 billion a year to extend the life of the province's coal plants. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/sas... #skpoli
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Saskatchewan's plan to extend life of coal power to cost $26B over 25 years
REGINA - New figures from Saskatchewan's electrical utility show it would cost about $1 billion a year to extend the life of the province's coal plants.
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Jeremy Simes @jeremysimes.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
The leader of Saskatchewan’s Opposition swapped accusations of bad-faith dealing with a former caucus member Wednesday, but both agree Betty Nippi-Albright’s decision to quit the party can’t be undone. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/for... #skpoli
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Former Saskatchewan NDP member sitting as Independent says she was muzzled
REGINA - The leader of Saskatchewan’s Opposition swapped accusations of bad-faith dealing with a former caucus member Wednesday, but both agree Betty Nippi-Albright’s decision to quit the party can’t ...
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Jeremy Simes @jeremysimes.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Saskatchewan's government has passed a law that can force drug treatment on those battling drug addiction. www.sasktoday.ca/provincial-n... #skpoli
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Saskatchewan government passes law forcing drug treatment for those with addictions
REGINA — Saskatchewan's government has passed a law that can force drug treatment on those battling drug addiction.
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Jeremy Simes @jeremysimes.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Saskatchewan is bolstering rules on carbon monoxide monitoring after an 11-year-old Regina boy was killed by the colourless, odourless gas. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/hen... #skpoli
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'Henry's Law:' Saskatchewan strengthens carbon monoxide monitoring after boy's death
REGINA - Saskatchewan is bolstering rules on carbon monoxide monitoring after an 11-year-old Regina boy was killed by the colourless, odourless gas.
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Jeremy Simes @jeremysimes.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
The Saskatchewan government is promising a mass mail-out of postcards to gauge citizen opinions on whether to put fences around the internet. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/sas... #skpoli
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Saskatchewan to use massive postcard mail-out to gauge citizens on internet controls
REGINA - The Saskatchewan government is promising a mass mail-out of postcards to gauge citizen opinions on whether to put fences around the internet.
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Jeremy Simes @jeremysimes.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Betty Nippi-Albright is now sitting as an independent in the Saskatchewan legislature. She says she can no longer support the direction of NDP leader Carla Beck. #skpoli
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Jeremy Simes @jeremysimes.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Minister Eric Schmalz says the province has undertaken a comprehensive review of regulations over carbon monoxide. He says there will be an announcement this week about potential changes. #skpoli
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Jeremy Simes @jeremysimes.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Wotherspoon says it's not in the interest of farmers to have acres be bought up by trust funds. Why won't this minister step up for producers? He asks. Marit says the NDP gov't of 2003 removed farmland ownership restrictions. #skpoli
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Jeremy Simes @jeremysimes.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
NDP's Trent Wotherspoon says this gov't is permitting AB-based Avenue Living to purchase more than 80,000 acres of farmland. He says this is not in the interest of producers. Why is this happening? Ag Minister Dave Marit says we've strengthened regs. He says Canadians can own land in SK. #skpoli
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Jeremy Simes @jeremysimes.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
NDP's Nicole Sarauer is asking for a public inquest into the drug deaths of children under five. Justice Minister Tim McLeod says we'll look at all options and he will be meeting with the chief coroner about this. He says we're working to remove these drugs off the streets. #skpoli
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Jeremy Simes @jeremysimes.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Nippi-Albright is asking how much money this company is getting from the gov't and will the province release the contract? Addictions Minister Lori Carr says these services are publicly funded, and this is a recovery-based program. We're won't apologize for this work. #skpoli
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Jeremy Simes @jeremysimes.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Betty Nippi-Albright says we want gov't funded programs, not companies making profits off suffering. Can the Premier explain this company's "10-to-1 kill ratio" strategy? Moe says we want to end the suffering and provide a better life through recovery. He says we will fund this service. #skpoli
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Jeremy Simes @jeremysimes.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Beck says the drug crisis is claiming many lives. She says the province is offloading responsibilities to a private company on detox issues, arguing it should be a public service. Moe says we have front-line experts working on this. He says the NDP gov't in BC is utilizing this company. #skpoli
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Jeremy Simes @jeremysimes.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
NDP Leader Carla Beck us up on children dying with toxic drugs in their systems. She says we need meaningful action on this. She asks if the Premier will commit to creating a child death review committee. Moe says this loss is unacceptable and we're working to remove poisonous drugs. #skpoli
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Jeremy Simes @jeremysimes.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Question Period is on. The NDP is asking about why the province hasn't scrapped the gas tax. Premier Scott Moe says gas tax money goes to investing in highways. On predatory pricing at grocery stores, he says the province is engaging with Ottawa. #skpoli
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Jack Farrell @jack-farrell.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
UPDATE: Mounties say they’re investigating now too to see if criminal charges are warranted.
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Jeremy Simes @jeremysimes.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Saskatchewan's government has introduced a bill that would change how time is governed in communities that straddle the Alberta boundary. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/sas... #skpoli
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Saskatchewan to change time bill in recognition of Alberta boundary communities
REGINA - Saskatchewan's government has introduced a bill that would change how time is governed in communities that straddle the Alberta boundary.
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Jeremy Simes @jeremysimes.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Saskatchewan's government says residents are to get status updates sooner about whether hospital emergency rooms are closed. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/sas... #skpoli
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Saskatchewan to provide more regular updates of ER closures
REGINA - Saskatchewan's government says residents are to get status updates sooner about whether hospital emergency rooms are closed.
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Jeremy Simes @jeremysimes.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Saskatchewan's child advocate is flagging an emerging pattern of young children who died with fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine in their systems. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/sas... #skpoli
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Saskatchewan child advocate warns of drug exposure deaths in those under age five
REGINA - Saskatchewan's child advocate is flagging an emerging pattern of young children who died with fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine in their systems.
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Jeremy Simes @jeremysimes.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
NDP's Senger is up on her bill to protect consumers from AI pricing. She asks, who is this gov't really working for and what will it take to pass our bill? Minister McLeod says the FCAA is working to protect from unethical practices. He says this is largely dealt with federally. #skpoli
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Jeremy Simes @jeremysimes.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
NDP's Trent Wotherspoon is up on the loss of head office jobs in SK. He says the province is introducing a bill to sell shares of ISC. How won't this lead to more job losses? CIC Minister Jeremy Harrison says our bill does the exact opposite and guarantees ISC's office stays here. #skpoli
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Jeremy Simes @jeremysimes.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
NDP's Joan Pratchler is up asking about fewer babies being born in the province and will he defend his record of population decline. Minister Eric Schmalz says there was lots of population decline when I was a kid. He says we're bringing people back. #skpoli
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