democracy

Millions of Americans are heading to the polls Tuesday as a chaotic presidential campaign reaches its peak in a deeply divided United States, where voters in only a handful of battleground states will choose the country’s path forward. Vice-President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump have presented starkly different visions for America’s future, but […]

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 […]

Justin Trudeau will turn his focus to the ongoing crises in Haiti as he speaks with some world leaders Monday ahead of the 78th meeting of the United Nations General Assembly. The prime minister will meet with the Caribbean country’s acting Prime Minister Garry Conille before delivering remarks at a high-level meeting for a UN […]

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Labour Party headed for a landslide victory Friday in a parliamentary election, an exit poll and partial returns indicated, as voters punished the governing Conservatives after 14 years of economic and political upheaval. As the sun rose, official results showed Labour had 326 of the 650 seats, as vote counting continued. British […]

The Saskatchewan NDP is asking the speaker of the legislature to convene the Standing Committee on House Services, to probe allegations made by the speaker on the last day of the sitting last month. As the house was about to adjourn for the summer, and more than likely, until an election in October, Randy Weekes […]

The sun was shining on the beaches of Normandy on Thursday morning as a Canadian ceremony to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day got underway in Courseulles-sur-Mer, France. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, his French counterpart Gabriel Attal and Prince William were among dignitaries visiting Juno Beach, where flags bearing the Maple Leaf fluttered in a […]

You may have noticed some different messaging from Elections Saskatchewan during these three byelections in the Regina Area. There isn’t an election day, with advance polls in the days ahead.  Instead its been a “voting week”, with the final day of voting set for today (August 10th). This is going to be the new normal […]

It has been a day of commemorations, reflection and tears in Ukraine. On the first anniversary of the Russian invasion, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukrainians have proven themselves to be invincible during a year of pain, sorrow, faith and unity. Ukrainians wept at memorials for their tens of thousands of dead as the killing continued. […]

First Nations chiefs from Alberta and Saskatchewan are calling for their provinces to toss proposed legislation they say is inherently undemocratic, unconstitutional and infringes on Indigenous rights. “We are not looking for change or amendments to the bill. We want it withdrawn,” Chief Tony Alexis said Wednesday on behalf of Treaty 6. The chiefs are […]

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has again spoken out about the violence that rocked the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. on January 6. He called it an assault on democracy. “We’ve also seen this week that democracy is resilient in America, our closest ally and neighbour,” he stated on Friday morning from Ottawa. “Violence has no […]