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Premier Scott Moe’s Saskatchewan Party government is to outline its priorities in a throne speech today — a month after the Oct. 28 election delivered the party a slimmer majority in the legislature.  Moe says his government plans to start working on affordability issues, including a promise to reduce personal income tax rates. The provincial government also […]

Delegates voted on 21 resolutions during the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) Mid-Term Convention in Saskatoon on Wednesday. They were a mix of how SARM conducts business at its conventions to lobbying the provincial and federal governments on a variety of issues. For example, the R.M. of Elfros No. 307 introduced three resolutions related […]

The voting period remains open to fill spots on the SaskOilseeds Board of Directors. Five people are vying for four spots on the Board — David Altrogge from Saint Benedict, Patricia Lung from Lake Lenore, Thomas MacKenzie from Zehner, Codie Nagy from Ogema, and Dean Roberts from Coleville. These candidates have different farming backgrounds from […]

REGINA – While there still too many people staying home, election officials in Regina are pleased that more people did cast their ballots in the 2024 municipal vote. According to official numbers released Thursday at Regina City Hall there was an overall voter turnout of 26 per cent, up about five per cent from 2020. […]

REGINA – Today, I’m going to take a final look at the path to 31 seats for the two major parties competing in the 2024 Saskatchewan election. To recap, the path to 31 was a simple task for the Saskatchewan Party. All they needed to do was hold 28 seats in their “rural firewall” and […]

REGINA – Safer communities, financial transparency and a focus on infrastructure and jobs are the major priorities for Sandra Masters in her election platform. Masters released her re-election platform on Wednesday morning, titled Moving Regina Forward. The incumbent is pledging to build on her 2020 platform commitments by focusing on four major areas. The first […]

REGINA – In the end, most pollsters blew it in predicting the results of Saskatchewan’s provincial election.  Public opinion companies were the biggest losers of the election, as the Saskatchewan Party defied predictions of an NDP win and came through with a 34-27 seat majority government, as of Wednesday morning’s ballot counting. The margin in […]

Kamala Harris will promise to “put country above party and above self” in the closing argument of her presidential campaign. The vice president is to deliver the speech Wednesday evening from the same site where Donald Trump fomented the Capitol insurrection, in the hopes that it offers a stark visualization of the choice voters face. […]

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has congratulated Premier Scott Moe after the Saskatchewan Party won a fifth-straight majority in the provincial election. Trudeau says he wants to work with Moe to provide results for Saskatchewan residents, including creating jobs, expanding child care and improving health care.  Moe’s party lost in the big cities while retaining its […]

The votes have been counted, and in a somewhat tight election contest, the Sask. Party’s Tim McLeod has been re-elected MLA for Moose Jaw North, keeping the riding in the Sask. Party’s hands for another four years. McLeod beat his Sask. NDP rival, Cheantelle Fisher, by 1,589 votes, and the Green Party’s Kimberly Epp by 4,205 votes. Overall, the […]