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It was a record night for women across Saskatchewan. Following Saskatchewan’s provincial election on Oct. 28, more than 30 per cent of projected elected MLAs are women, marking the highest representation of women in the province’s political history. Women and gender studies expert Rachel Lowen Walker at the University of Saskatchewan said while this is…
By Jeremy Simes The Canadian Press Posted October 30, 2024 3:44 pm Updated October 30, 2024 3:45 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A controversial Saskatchewan Party candidate who had been on track to win his seat in Monday’s election now appears to have lost. David Buckingham, the incumbent…
The Saskatchewan Party has done it again. For a fifth straight time, the party is projected to form a majority government after a narrow victory over the Saskatchewan NDP Monday night. But what will that government look like moving forward? While the results give the Sask. Party another victory, the atmosphere seems to be rather…
Saskatchewan voters will elect 61 members to the Legislative Assembly in the province’s 30th General Election on October 28, 2024. A party needs 31 seats to form a majority government. Results will begin after the polls close at 8:00 p.m. CST. You can find live, riding-by-riding results in the map or list above. You can…
By Jeremy Simes The Canadian Press Posted October 25, 2024 5:04 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Saskatchewan’s two main party leaders have renewed their appeals to voters in Regina with the provincial election just around the corner. Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe says voting for the NDP’s Carla…
While topics such as affordability and education have been given a lot of weight throughout the Saskatchewan election campaigns, perhaps the heaviest of them all has been health care. Coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, Saskatchewan’s health-care scene has gone through a very difficult time. Hospital wait times, the lack of family doctors and specialists,…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted October 23, 2024 4:39 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A former Saskatchewan Party government backbencher who was found to have breached conflict-of-interest rules says he has issues with the investigation’s findings. Gary Grewal says social workers arranging rooms for clients at his…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Saskatchewan Party says one of its candidates has been in contact with the police after two bullet-holes were found in his campaign office. The party said in a statement that bullet-holes were found in the window of Rahul Singh’s campaign office. Singh is running in the…
Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe says he didn’t know an NDP candidate’s two children and their use of a school change room were the subjects of a complaint when he made an election campaign promise on the issue. Moe said last week his first order of business, if his party is re-elected Oct. 28, would…
Roughly 17 per cent of Saskatchewan’s population are First Nations and Metis people, according to Statistics Canada. With a fast-approaching provincial election around the corner, some experts say Indigenous communities want to be more involved in governance. Jason Bird, the program administrator of Indigenous business at the University of Saskatchewan, said Indigenous communities want to…
