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SASKATOON — The Saskatchewan New Democratic Party held its ground in the city and flipped the Churchill-Wildwood, Silverspring and Stonebridge constituencies. However, it will remain the official opposition after failing to break the Saskatchewan Party’s rural strongholds. Preliminary results early on Oct. 29 show the Sask. Party holding 35 seats against the NDP’s 26, surpassing […]

SASKATCHEWAN – With more than half of Saskatchewan’s 61 ridings finished counting, Scott Moe and the Saskatchewan Party have retained their majority government after the 2024 provincial election vote. Polls closed at 8 p.m. with results starting to come in within an hour. SaskToday.ca called the election at 11:41 p.m. In his victory speech, Scott […]

SASKATCHEWAN – When the polls close tonight, SaskToday.ca will begin its live coverage of the election results and you can be there with us.  Hosted by SaskToday.ca’s own John Cairns and veteran Harvard Media broadcaster Andrew Dawson, our coverage will include reports from journalists around the province, analysis by our hosts and guests and whatever […]

REGINA – Oct. 28 has finally arrived with the final day of voting to conclude Election Week. Voters cast their ballots today until polls close at 8 pm, at which point the counting begins. It will be the culmination of Voting Week which began Oct. 22 and continued up to today, with a day off […]

REGINA – The Saskatchewan election results will be closely watched to see if it is part of a recent national trend. That trend has seen incumbent provincial governments and Premiers seeing major losses or being thrown out entirely. The trend became most noticeable last year in Manitoba, when Wab Kinew and the New Democrats threw […]

REGINA – When will the ballots be counted in the 2024 Provincial Election, and how are they counted? All ballots are paper and are marked by the voter by hand. Saskatchewan Elections emphasizes that all ballots are counted by hand by election workers.  See the video.  There are no electronic ballots, voting machines, or counting machines […]

It’s the final day of the Saskatchewan election campaign. The Saskatchewan Party is seeking a fifth straight majority after 17 years in office, while the NDP is looking to take back government for the first time since 2007. Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe has promised broad tax relief and to continue withholding federal carbon levy […]

REGINA – Today, I am going to lay out for you the battlegrounds in this provincial election campaign, and the path for each of the political parties to win a majority government. My inspiration for this article is really from watching the American political coverage and all the talk about the “road to 270” electoral […]

Teachers in a school division that received a complaint about two “biological boys” using a girls change room say they have received degrading messages over the past week.  The Prairie Valley Teachers’ Association and the Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation say in a joint statement that the comments have been disappointing and disgraceful. They say safe spaces for all […]

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 be […]