Saskatchewan’s Chief Electoral Officer is hoping to change the date of the province’s municipal elections. Dr. Michael Boda says having the municipal, and provincial election within weeks of each other left many voters confused on who, and what, to vote for. Regina Mayor Sandra Masters says getting voters to come to the polls in November […]
It looks like there will be a lot of familiar faces sitting in council chambers coming up for the inaugural meeting Monday in Saskatoon. Charlie Clark is once again Mayor of Saskatoon handily beating out Rob Norris in second place and former mayor Don Atchison who came in third. It has been a tight race […]
Voter turnout in Regina for Monday’s municipal election increased from 2016 but was still rather low. Of the 195,000 eligible voters in Regina, only 41,527 cast their ballot, for a turnout of only 21 percent. City Clerk Jim Nicol says its rather disappointing to see the lack of voters, adding that they tried everything to […]
Regina’s new Mayor is Sandra Masters. The 50-year-old, who was in her third term as board chair of the Regina Exhibition Association Limited, but resigned from that position to seek the mayor’s chair, became the first woman elected to be mayor Monday night as she defeated Michael Fougere and seven others in the municipal election. […]
Saskatoon’s municipal election has been postponed with polls closing Monday at 6:30 p.m. Returning Officer Scott Bastian says Friday between 9:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m will be the date when the polls open again. He explained the reasons for delaying until Friday as not wanting residents to have to go out onto the streets again […]
Municipal elections in Regina and Moose Jaw are moving ahead Monday despite the provincial government giving municipalities the option to delay the elections due to the snow storm sweeping through Saskatchewan. Chief Returning Officer for Regina Jim Nicol says the city remains hopeful people will get out and vote before 8:00 PM Monday night. “Every […]
At least one Saskatchewan city is postponing its civic election after the weekend snowstorm that hit the province. Swift Current officials let it be known around 10:30 Monday morning that there would be no voting due to the cleanup the city has in front of it after a substantial snowfall hit making it difficult to […]
The snowstorm that walloped Regina Sunday may pose some challenges for today’s municipal election. City Clerk Jim Nicol says, in anticipation of the snow, the city included streets in front of the city’s 38 polling stations into their snow removal routes. In terms of the number of people voting today, Nicol says the snow may […]
Sunday is the last day of campaigning for the civic election Eight of the nine mayoral candidates in Regina are hoping to unseat incumbent Michael Fougere who aims to return for a third term as mayor of the Queen City. He said he is proud of what he has accomplished so far as mayor and […]
With a snowstorm expected to dump 30 plus centimetres of snow on the Queen City Sunday, Regina’s Roadways and Transportation Director Chris Warren says they’re ready. Warren says the city’s priorities during a snow event like this is to keep people safe and traffic moving. “During a snow event, we work to keep major roads […]
