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Province touts progress on growth plan targets ahead of election
The Government of Saskatchewan says it has already exceeded a number of the goals it set out in its 2019 growth plan. The goals already met include exports, population growth, potash sales and more. T...
Sep 16, 2024 The Sask. Party government is touting its progress on goals set in 2019 as Saskatchewan gears up for a provincial election this fall. (Brittany Caffet/650 CKOM)
Saskatchewan NDP pledges to improve rural health-care if elected
The Saskatchewan NDP is calling on Scott Moe and the Sask. Party to do more when it comes to getting health care back on track in rural Saskatchewan. NDP health critic Vicki Mowat suggested these issu...
Sep 13, 2024 Vicki Mowat, the Saskatchewan NDP's health critic, said that if elected, her party will make rural health care improvements an immediate priority. (Shane Clausing/650 CKOM)
STF asks voters to support education in municipal, provincial elections
The Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation asking teachers, businesses owners, and everyone else in the province to vote for public education this fall. Federation president Samantha Becotte said the union...
Sep 12, 2024 Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation has shared three commitments it wants from all candidates in Saskatchewan's upcoming elections. (Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation/Twitter)
Buffalo, Progressive Conservative parties rule out merger
Two Saskatchewan political parties have decided against merging to form a coalition ahead of the fall election. The Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan and the Buffalo Party held talks abou...
Sep 12, 2024 Progressive Conservative leader Rose Buscholl says the two parties are too far apart in their platforms to merge at this time. (Gillian Massie/980 CJME)
Don Atchison declares mayoral run on 'back-to-basics' platform
Former mayor Don Atchison will once again run for office. Atchison, who was Saskatoon's mayor from 2003 until 2016 when he lost by about 3,000 votes to current mayor Charlie Clark, said during his ann...
Aug 16, 2024 Don Atchison, who served as Saskatoon's mayor from 2003 to 2016, announced his campaign to return to the mayor's office on Thursday. (Lara Fominoff 650/CKOM)
Saskatoon mayor requests $75,000 in renovations ahead of fall election
Saskatoon city council will debate whether to approve a request from outgoing Mayor Charlie Clark for $75,000 in renovations to increase security and functionality in the area around the mayor's offic...
Aug 13, 2024 Some of the renovations aim to improve security, including replacing cameras and adding card access to some areas. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Ward 7 Councillor Mairin Loewen won't seek re-election this fall
Long-time Ward 7 Councillor Mairin Loewen says she won't run for city council again in November. Loewen, who was first elected in 2011, said she made up her mind after the 2020 election that this woul...
Jun 19, 2024 Loewen was first elected in 2011, but said she made the decision after the 2020 election that she wouldn't run for another term. (wardseven.ca)
Cynthia Block announces mayoral run in Saskatoon
A second candidate has joined the mayor race in Saskatoon. Cynthia Block, who has represented Ward 6 for the past eight years, announced her candidacy on Monday at an event in the city's downtown core...
Jun 10, 2024 Cynthia Block announced her candidacy for mayor of Saskatoon on Monday. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
Prince Albert MLA Joe Hargrave not running again in fall election
Another Saskatchewan Party MLA and cabinet minister won't be running in the province's next election. The party announced on Monday that Joe Hargrave, who has represented Prince Albert Carlton since 2...
May 27, 2024 MLA Joe Hargrave has represented Prince Albert Carleton since 2016. (980 CJME file photo)
Speaker Randy Weekes cuts up Sask. Party membership card
A long-serving MLA appears to be cutting ties with the Saskatchewan Party. Randy Weekes, who has served as Speaker of the House in the Legislative Assembly since 2020, shared a photo on social media l...
May 16, 2024 Randy Weekes posted an image of his Sask. Party membership cut in half on Wednesday night. (Randy Weekes/Twitter)
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