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ubet63.ph Saskatchewan premier says he won't allow Speaker intimidation as legislature resumes REGINA — The Saskatchewan legislature resumed Monday, with Premier Scott Moe’s government promising to do better on everything from health care to education -- and on civility in the house. Jeremy Simes, The Canadian Press Nov 25, 2024 12:35 PM Share by Email Share on Facebook Share on X Share on LinkedIn Print Share via Text Message Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe speaks during a press conference before the throne speech in Regina, Monday, Nov. 25, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu REGINA — The Saskatchewan legislature resumed Monday, with Premier Scott Moe’s government promising to do better on everything from health care to education -- and on civility in the house. The two-week sitting began with the election of a new Speaker – Melfort member Todd Goudy – and a throne speech outlining the priorities and goals of Moe’s governing Saskatchewan Party. Prior to the throne speech, Moe told reporters his caucus will no longer send the Speaker harassing text messages and are to follow the Speaker’s orders. “It's incumbent on me to ensure that I'm having the conversations with the team that I serve alongside,” Moe said when asked about texting issues. “We will be critical of policy at times, also complimentary of policy at times, but always be respectful of all the members in that assembly. “(The Speaker) is the arbitrator in the room, and as I would say, the most honourable position of all.” The last Speaker, Randy Weekes, accused members of Moe’s Saskatchewan Party caucus of intimidation and harassment through text messages. Weekes did not run in the last election. Goudy told the assembly he will put aside political biases in his new role and allow members to express opinions while preserving decorum. He said he hopes members will treat one another with respect. Moe said his caucus will lead by example. "With respect to what a new beginning looks like ... you're just going to have to watch us," he said. "The tone is going to be a respectful one, and the effort that we are going to bring forward is to really quantify and clarify what a brighter future in Saskatchewan looks like.” The start of the legislative session comes a month after the Oct. 28 election, which delivered Moe's party a slimmer majority with 34 seats in the 61-seat legislature. Carla Beck's NDP is to form the Opposition with 27 seats. The government's first piece of legislation is to be the Saskatchewan Affordability Act. The bill is to enact the Saskatchewan Party's election campaign commitments to address affordability issues, including personal tax relief to save a family of four more than $3,400 over four years. The province also plans to continue not charging the federal carbon levy on home heating, introduce a home renovation tax credit and increase benefits for those with disabilities and families with kids in sports and arts. On health care, Moe said he's promising to hire more family doctors and shorten surgical wait times by making sure 450,000 surgeries are performed over four years. He also said the province wants to open additional urgent care centres in Regina and Saskatoon, along with others in smaller cities. In education, the speech promises to expand a pilot program that would see 200 additional schools in Saskatchewan receive specialized support to deal with students with higher needs. The government also promises more funding to help children from kindergarten to Grade 3 improve reading skills. "A child's ability to read at a level by Grade 3 is the single greatest predictor of future academic success," Moe said. The government has already changed course on one election announcement. On the campaign trail, Moe announced that the first order of business of his government would be a policy that would ban “biological boys” from using school changing rooms with “biological girls.” After the election, Moe said that policy was no longer his first order of business and that he misspoke when announcing it. On Monday, he said Monday school boards are being consulted on a change room policy that would support all students. Beck has said the ban would put vulnerable kids at even greater risk. The NDP also plans to push the government to pause the 15-cent-a-litre gasoline tax. Beck has said her party is to introduce an emergency motion Tuesday that would call for a suspension of the gas tax by Wednesday. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 25, 2024. Jeremy Simes, The Canadian Press See a typo/mistake? Have a story/tip? 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Emergency crews and others have been trying to locate Pollard for two days. Her relatives reported her missing early Tuesday and her vehicle with her unharmed 5-year-old granddaughter inside was found about two hours later, near what is thought to be a freshly opened sinkhole above a long closed, crumbling mine. READ MORE: CEO killed in 'brazen, targeted attack' outside New York Hilton Pennsylvania State Police shows the top of a sinkhole in the village of Marguerite. (AP) "We feel like we failed," Limani said of the decision to change the status of the effort from a rescue to a recovery. "It's tough." Limani praised the crews who went into the abandoned mine to help remove material in the search for Pollard in the village of Marguerite, about 65 kilometres east of Pittsburgh. "They would come out of there head to toe covered in mud, exhausted. And while they were getting pulled up, the next group's getting dropped in. And there was one after the next after the next," Limani said. Authorities had said earlier that the roof of the mine had collapsed in several places and was not stable. "We did get, you know, where we wanted, where we thought that she was at. We've been to that spot," Pleasant Unity Fire Chief John Bacha, the incident's operations officer, said earlier Wednesday. "What happened at that point, I don't know, maybe the slurry of mud pushed her one direction. There were several different seams of that mine, shafts that all came together where this happened at." Searchers were using electronic devices and cameras as surface digging continued with the use of heavy equipment, Bacha said. READ MORE: Two more Melbourne school children targeted in 'white van' kidnapping attempts Elizabeth Pollard, who is believed to have disappeared in a sinkhole while looking for her cat. (AP) In the coming days, they plan to greatly widen the surface hole, with winter weather forecast in the region. Sinkholes occur in the area because of subsidence from coal mining activity. Rescuers had been using water to break down and remove clay and dirt from the mine, which has been closed since the 1950s. Crews had lowered a pole camera with a sensitive listening device into the hole, but it detected nothing. Another camera lowered into the hole showed what could be a shoe about 9 metres below the surface, Limani said Tuesday. Searchers also deployed drones and thermal imaging equipment to no avail. Pollard's family called police at about 1 am on Tuesday to say she had not been seen since going out at about 5 pm Monday to search for Pepper, her cat. The temperature dropped well below freezing that night. Limani said the searchers met with her family before announcing the shift from rescue to recovery. "I think they get it," Limani said. Pollard's son, Axel Hayes, described her as a happy woman who liked going out to have fun. READ MORE: Scorching heat, afternoon thunderstorms and showers: What the weather on Christmas Day is forecast to be in your city She and her husband adopted Hayes and his twin brother when they were infants. She used to work at Walmart but recently was not employed. Hayes called Pollard "a great person overall, a great mother" who "never really did anybody wrong". He said at one point Pollard had about 10 cats. "Every cat that she's ever come in contact with, she has a close bond with them," Hayes said. Police said they found Pollard's car parked behind Monday's Union Restaurant in Marguerite, about 6 metres from the sinkhole. Hunters and restaurant workers in the area said they had not noticed the manhole-size opening in the hours before Pollard disappeared, leading rescuers to speculate that the sinkhole was new. Pollard lived in a small neighbourhood across the street from where her car and granddaughter were found, Limani said. The young girl "nodded off in the car and woke up. 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