Provincial Politics

Election Day Sask. votes 2020

Saskatchewan heads to the polls today for the 2020 general election amid COVID-19 pandemic precautions and unprecedented interest in mail-in as well as advance voting.Polls opened at 9 a.m. and close ...

Oct 26, 2020

Sask. Elections provides info on voting deadlines amid COVID-19 and ballot counts

Due to the current pandemic, vote-by-mail has become a more viable option to the public. Vote-by-mail began in August, with 61,000 people across the province applying for the service. The deadline to ...

Oct 22, 2020

Leader close-up and personal: Ryan Meili

Ryan Meili has been leader of the Saskatchewan NDP for about 2 1/2 years and this fall he's hoping the voters in Saskatchewan will make him leader of the province as well.Meili has spent the last few ...

Oct 22, 2020

Premier Moe questioned about suicide prevention, reaction to Durocher during provincial debate

Premier Scott Moe was put on the spot during the provincial leaders debate Wednesday on if he regrets not speaking to Tristen Durocher or taking him to court.The topic of suicide prevention was brough...

Oct 15, 2020

Moe and Meili go head to head in only leaders’ debate

Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe and NDP Leader Ryan Meili took turns trying to score points off each other in an exceedingly civil - though at times heated - debate Wednesday.Both Meili and Moe mo...

Oct 15, 2020

U of S political scientist sees stark difference in NDP, Sask. Party spending promises

On Friday, the two main provincial parties unveiled their platforms going into the general election Oct. 26.The Sask. Party committed to spending roughly $850 million over the next four years, while t...

Oct 14, 2020

Ballots are ready ahead of Saskatchewan election

Ballots are hot off the press in preparation for the upcoming Saskatchewan election.Nearly 1.3 million ballots have been made. That's more than enough, according to Dr. Michael Boda, the province's ch...

Oct 14, 2020

Sask. NDP leader stops in La Ronge as part of northern tour

NDP Leader Ryan Meili was in La Ronge on Saturday and announced his commitment to mental health in Saskatchewan. He was in town as part of his northern tour, which also included stops in Beauval and M...

Oct 11, 2020

NDP promises pay equity legislation and ban on sexist dress codes

The Saskatchewan NDP has promised to introduce legislation aimed at closing the gender wage gap and ban sexist dress codes including mandatory high heel policies if elected. In a media release, the ND...

Oct 05, 2020

Elections Saskatchewan preparing to process tens of thousands of mail-in ballots

During the previous provincial election, about 4,000 mail-in ballots were processed and counted by Elections Saskatchewan.This time around, chief electoral officer Michael Boda is getting ready for at...

Oct 05, 2020