Constituency Candidates
Provincial election
Saskatchewan NDP releases full election platform
Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck will get Saskatchewan out of last place on healthcare and education, while growing the economy and making communities safer.Beck released her election campaign platform that includes commitments to staff hospitals and cut emergency room wait times."In Saskatchewan, we take care o...
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Crime and safety platforms
Sask Party promotes safer communities platform, NDP points to rising crime rates
Community safety and policing are the latest issues being raised on the provincial campaign trail.Sask Party Leader Scott Moe made a stop in Prince Albert on Thursday and announced a re-elected Saskatchewan Party government would make Saskatchewan neighbourhoods and communities safer by funding more police officer posi...
Oct 10, 2024
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Provincial Election
Saskatchewan health care
Health care promises for both parties: NDP to end ER closures, Sask. Party to extend diabetic care
Both the NDP and Sask. Party each kicked off Wednesday with a health care promise to fulfill if elected. The Saskatchewan NDP issued notice of their plan to end rural ER service disruptions, if they become the governing party, while the Sask. Party noted they will extend coverage for glucose monitoring to both young ad...
Oct 09, 2024
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Saskatchewan NDP continues focus on health care in election campaign
The Saskatchewan NDP appears to be continuing its focus on health-care issues during the provincial election campaign, with party candidates set to hold press conferences today outside hospitals in three communities. The party has press conferences scheduled outside hospitals in Yorkton, Rosthern and Melville. The NDP ...
Oct 09, 2024
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SASK VOTES
Saskatchewan Party promises increase in tax credits for persons with disabilities
Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe is promising to increase a set of tax credits for persons with disabilities if he's re-elected on Oct. 28. He says another four years with his party in government would see a 25 per cent increase in the Disability Tax Credit for adults, the Disability Tax Credit Supplement for childr...
Oct 08, 2024
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'Ban broccoli!': Kids share their ideas for a better Saskatchewan
During the 2024 provincial election campaign, politicians around the province are making promises in hopes of earning votes. While lower taxes and affordable housing may appeal to adults, younger generations have their own priorities. 650 CKOM sat down with four Saskatchewan kids to find out what they want to see from ...
Oct 08, 2024
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Saskatchewan NDP promises to hire 100 police officers instead of marshals
Saskatchewan New Democratic Leader Carla Beck says her government would hire 100 police officers across the province if elected on Oct. 28. Beck has not provided a timeline on when she would meet that target but says she would work to get it done as soon as possible. She says $10 million per year would go to hiring Mou...
Oct 07, 2024
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Sask Votes 2024: Working collaboratively to build relationships and trust
More than a decade ago, on returning to the province after working internationally to support democratic elections and being appointed Saskatchewan's Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), one of my priorities was to reach out to Indigenous leaders. The objective was to work intentionally and collaboratively with leaders to bu...
Oct 07, 2024
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