By Jeremy Simes THE CANADIAN PRESS REGINA- The Saskatchewan government is spending $750 million more than it had budgeted this year, a move that’s raising questions from Opposition New Democrats. The province approved the extra dollars this week through special warrants, a measure it uses when expenditures aren’t budgeted. Some of that spending is for health care, agriculture and environmental cleanup. The government did not say how this affects the province’s forecasted $250-million deficit, noting the third-quarter financial reports are to be released in March. Opposition NDP Finance Critic Trent Wotherspoon said Thursday special warrants are common, but an amount that exceeds more than $750 million is unprecedented. “This is a wild amount,” Wotherspoon told reporters Thursday. “It’s $750 million they didn’t plan for, and then no detail or transparency…
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