Saskatchewan municipal leaders gather for annual SUMA bear pit - Regina

Saskatchewan municipal leaders gather for annual SUMA bear pit - Regina

The annual Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA) convention concluded Wednesday with its signature event, the 'bear pit' session.

Sask. cabinet ministers field health, infrastructure questions in SUMA bear pit

Health care remains front of mind for a large number of municipal leaders who took the opportunity this week to press provincial ministers at the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association convention in Regina.

Cabinet Ministers grilled on health, social services, economy

By TERRY PUGH Health care challenges dominated the bear pit session at the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA) convention in Regina April 15. SUMA delegates pressed Premier Scott Moe and Health Minister Jeremy Cockrill on issues ranging from the lack of primary care physicians  and the slow pace of negotiations with health care unions to the difficulties facing kidney dialysis patients in small towns. The government, meanwhile, …