Provincial News

By Stephanie Taylor in Ottawa –The Canadian Press– Canada’s minister for women, gender equality and youth says policies in Saskatchewan and New Brunswick that require parental consent before students under 16 can have schools use their preferred pronouns and names puts transgender and nonbinary kids in a “life-or-death situation.”  And while Marci Ien declined to comment on whether Ottawa […]

Premier Scott Moe announced four Saskatchewan Party MLA’s have decided they aren’t running in the next general election in Saskatchewan. One of those is Don Morgan, the longtime Saskatoon MLA who has been in office since 2003 and has served as minister of justice, minister of advanced education and deputy premier.The others are Delbert Kirsch […]

Two weekends ago, Anne Zarifa and her children sat down to make a list of clothes they’d need for the coming school year after sifting through their closets to get rid of anything too small or worn out. The Montreal mother of three says leaving back-to-school shopping until the last minute can be a costly error for parents — one that’s more important […]