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Mandryk: Something fearful disturbs a quiet Mouseland Christmas Eve

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Mandryk: When Trudeau goes, will Moe be all that far behind?

20.12.2024 9

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Mandryk: History will harshly judge Trudeau and contributors to chaos

19.12.2024 10

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

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Mandryk: 2024 was more a year of political upheaval than change in Saskatchewan

17.12.2024 10

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

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Mandryk: Public squabble over stupid Trudeau trade tax not the answer

16.12.2024 10

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

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Mandryk: Son exposes his father's horrific care at Pioneer Village

13.12.2024 10

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

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Mandryk: Moe's Toronto award for his right-wing views rather telling

12.12.2024 10

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

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Mandryk: MLA's ethics issues should extend to wide-sweeping reforms

10.12.2024 10

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

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Mandryk: Social housing shortage worst time for mismanaging Sask. Housing units

09.12.2024 10

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

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Mandryk: New beginning means same old Sask. Party games at the legislature

The Saskatchewan Party government's refusal to even discuss punishment for former MLA Gary Grewal's conflict of interest breach hardly fits Moe's new...

06.12.2024 10

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

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Mandryk: Sask. agriculture minister's denials on foreign farmland ownership bizarre

While foreign ownership of Saskatchewan farmland is a major concern to the provincial auditor, the provincial agriculture minister denies it's a...

05.12.2024 10

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

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Mandryk: Sask. Party, NDP reverse roles on tax affordability packages

Affordability seldom strictly means helping people who can least afford things. It's more about helping those who help you with their votes.

03.12.2024 10

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

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Mandryk: Added mid-year crop insurance costs won't change any time soon

Don't expect any Saskatchewan politician to change crop insurance — whether it's a significant factor increasing provincial deficits or not.

30.11.2024 9

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

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Mandryk: It's best if Moe sticks to the Canadian script in tariff war

Trying to appease Donald Trump's whims should be less important to Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe than helping put forward a united front.

29.11.2024 10

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

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Mandryk: Clarke's moving remarks on his transgender children need to be heard

'What if this was any other child of any other MLA in this chamber? Would this be acceptable? This is the premier’s legacy.' — Jared Clarke.

28.11.2024 10

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

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Mandryk: Throne speech hits right notes, but reason for suspicion remains

The decorum problem at the Saskatchewan legislature Premier Scott Moe says is now in need of fixing has been a problem largely of his own making.

26.11.2024 10

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

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Mandryk: New session a chance for Moe, Sask. Party to set a better tone

Premier Scott Moe needs to steer his new Sask. Party administration away from the all-politics-all-the-time approach.

25.11.2024 9

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

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Mandryk: Scurvy outbreak latest in sad tale of ignoring northern Sask.

Again, this scurvy outbreak is in 21st century Canada — not a 1700s British navy sailing vessel in the middle of the ocean.

22.11.2024 10

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

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Mandryk: Ethics review of outside influencers needed in Sask. throne speech

Premier Scott Moe's new beginning should begin with a throne speech addressing political donations, conflict of interest and third-party influence.

21.11.2024 10

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

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Mandryk: Final election numbers show Sask. Party base still rock solid

Premier Scott Moe maintains a rural stronghold after the 2024 Saskatchewan election.

19.11.2024 10

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

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Mandryk: Regina voters opt for change, but change on their own terms

By defeating both incumbent Sandra Masters and former councillor Lori Bresciani, mayor-elect Chad Bachynski showed there was an appetite for change.

14.11.2024 10

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

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Mandryk: Moe rolls dice in cabinet shuffle where everyone changes jobs

Moe gave the dice a big shake and rolled them. Nobody is yelling Yahtzee after Thursday’s cabinet shuffle.

08.11.2024 9

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

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Mandryk: U.S. voters may not differ all that much from Sask. voters

Are elderly rural voters in Saskatchewan and the U.S much different. Do farmers or oil workers differ much from working class Americans?

07.11.2024 10

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

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Mandryk: Common Sense Regina reveals shady politics in municipal races

Regardless of whether you consider municipal candidates' ideas wacky or unfeasible, they are their ideas that they publicly stand behind.

05.11.2024 10

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

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Mandryk: Moe, Sask. Party must walk away from bad change room policy

No good can come from this policy. The Saskatchewan Party's first order of business should be to scrap it ... or at least politely back away.

04.11.2024 6

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

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Mandryk: Sask. NDP win that felt close is still a country mile away

NDP leader Carla Beck was less than 2,000 votes away from knocking off Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe

01.11.2024 10

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

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Mandryk: Moe assembling a cabinet from post-election scrap wood pile

Moe is building his new cabinet from his scrap bin of cuts every carpenter keeps for unexplained reasons. And the lumberyard closed Monday.

31.10.2024 10

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

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Mandryk: Moe will have to prove his election night conversion is real

Whether Premier Scott Moe truly changes his approach after a fifth-term Saskatchewan Party win becomes the critical question.

30.10.2024 10

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

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Mandryk: Fifth-term Sask. Party must contend with a divided province

Saskatchewan premier-designate Scott Moe faces the unenviable task of bridging massive divisions after the 2024 election.

29.10.2024 7

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

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Mandryk: Sask. Party may survive a bizarre campaign of its own making

If the Sask. Party emerges with another solid majority on Monday night, it probably won't be on the strength of the October 2024 campaign it ran.

25.10.2024 10

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

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Mandryk: Sask. Party's "strong record" bogged down by its other record

Scott Moe and the Saskatchewan Party are running on their record, but NDP Leader Carla Beck has been sharpening that double-edge sword.

24.10.2024 10

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

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Mandryk: Sask. Party scrambling to get its voters to avoid NDP surge

A strangely uninspiring run-on-our-record Sask. Party campaign does now seem to have the governing party scrambling to get out its vote.

22.10.2024 6

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

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Mandryk: Moe's 'change room policy' reveals Sask. Party/SUP similarities

Where is the evidence that this has been an issue in Saskatchewan schools or that schools don't already have policies to protect kids?

21.10.2024 9

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

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Mandryk: Post-debate drama may be more impactful than debate itself

What has followed is already more intriguing than the leaders' debate ... or at least it's already more dramatic and nasty.

18.10.2024 10

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

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Mandryk: Delayed Sask. Party platform also suffers from gaping holes

The Sask. Party would prefer its campaign plan not be scrutinized, in contrast to its own governing record and current public demands.

16.10.2024 8

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

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Mandryk: Debate may reveal shared problem for Beck, Moe

Debates that probably matter little when it comes to election outcomes matter a lot to those involved in politics.

15.10.2024 10

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

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Mandryk: Governing party built for politicking runs into a policy glitch

Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe's four years of constant politicking is strangely making the politics of a campaign rather difficult.

11.10.2024 10

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

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Mandryk: Third-party groups' shadowy influence on voters reason for concern

The lack of accountability from third-party organizations and their preferred candidates is disconcerting.

10.10.2024 10

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

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Mandryk: Speaker's allegation of Sask. Party caucus racism a body blow

"I am doing something about all these situations (now) ... I have nothing to lose, politically. I don't need a job." — Speaker Randy Weekes

09.10.2024 10

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

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Mandryk: Doctor who opted out of Medicare hopes for a healthy dialogue

'Where do you go when the public system says you're fine? It's scary,' — Moose Jaw Cardiologist Dr. Jeffery Wilkinson.

08.10.2024 10

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

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Mandryk: Former Sask. finance official backs NDP's platform costing

A former Crown corporation head and deputy finance minister signing off on the costs of the NDP's election promises could be troubling for the Sask....

05.10.2024 10

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

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Mandryk: Quiet first week not necessarily ideal for Moe, Sask. Party

Saskatchewan Party leader Scott Moe's quiet first week on the election campaign trail may be to NDP leader Carla Beck's advantage.

04.10.2024 10

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

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Mandryk: Sask. United's platform, candidates familiar to Sask. Party

Running to the right of Scott Moe and the Saskatchewan Party seems a can't-lose proposition for the Saskatchewan United Party.

03.10.2024 10

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

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Mandryk: Challenge for Beck to get past a lot of bad days for the NDP

Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck has to make up for many bad days that have given Scott Moe's Saskatchewan Party a big advantage.

02.10.2024 10

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

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Mandryk: Moe's failure to walk the line may prove costly in this election

Premier Scott Moe's support of COVID-19 anti-vaccine/restriction supporters may be more harmful in the 2024 election than helpful.

01.10.2024 10

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

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Mandryk: Moe, Beck struggle to define themselves and the issues

How NDP Leader Carla Beck and Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe define themselves may be key to the 2024 election.

30.09.2024 10

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

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Mandryk: Beck's bravado belies historic reality preventing an NDP win

Historical numbers suggests Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck will not upset Premier Scott Moe in the 2024 Saskatchewan election.

27.09.2024 10

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

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Mandryk: Suspicious timing for suspicious Cockrill conflict allegations

Another Saskatchewan Party government conflict of interest investigation spells problems for Education Minister Jeremy Cockrill.

26.09.2024 10

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

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Mandryk: Pronoun fight is a wedge overtaking far more pressing issues

The pronoun bill and other wedge issues are already taking priority in Saskatchewan politics on the eve of the provincial election.

24.09.2024 10

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

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Mandryk: Moe concedes pre-election tussle with eye on the bigger fight

Saskatchewan pre-election promises have been more fruitful for NDP Leader Carla Beck than Premier Scott Moe.

23.09.2024 10

Saskatoon StarPhoenix

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