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FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. — The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (RMWB) is gearing up for the 2025 municipal election. Candidate nominations are now open for the positions of mayor, councillor, and school board trustee. The election will be held on October 20, 2025, the fixed date for municipal elections across Alberta. This year, the province […]

FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta— The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (RMWB) is adding a competitive twist to its annual holiday edition of Nominate Your Neighbour. The program encourages residents to showcase and celebrate festive light displays across the region. This year, the RMWB is including an interactive Holiday Lights Map, allowing residents to nominate their neighbours’ […]

BC Election Results Leave Outcome Unclear and Recounts Certain The results of British Columbia’s provincial election are too close to call, in what may go down as the closest election in Canadian history. Preliminary vote counts are showing a razor-thin margin between the incumbent New Democratic Party (NDP) and the BC Conservatives. As of early […]

British Columbia is waking to a reshaped political landscape but no clear winner of a provincial election marked by the rise of the B.C. Conservatives from the political fringe to centre stage. Neither the Conservatives, led by John Rustad, nor the incumbent NDP of Premier David Eby reached the 47 seats needed to form a […]

REGINA – The horses are coming up to the starting gate, but how are things looking with respect to a provincial election? Sask Today spoke to Tom McIntosh, Professor on Politics and International Studies at the University of Regina, about where things stand right now in provincial politics. It is a unique time in provincial […]

FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta — The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) is seeking public support in its labor dispute with local school boards. On Tuesday, CUPE launched websites urging the public to advocate for school support workers represented by Locals 2545 and 2559 in their negotiations with the Public and Catholic school boards. Carrying the […]

After a two day ratification vote, teachers in Saskatchewan have voted to reject the latest deal worked out with the provincial government. The STF says with 88 percent of eligible teachers voting, 55 percent voted to reject the offer. “We take our direction from the membership, and members have spoken.” STF President Samantha Becotte said […]

Its back to the drawing board for the Sask Party Government and the province’s teachers after STF members voted to reject the latest settlement offer. A news release from the Saskatchewan Teachers Federation says 90 percent of those who voted, rejected the deal. The STF says 92.2 percent of eligible members voted. Teachers have been […]

Assembly of First Nations organizers sent delegates home without a new national chief late Wednesday after six rounds of balloting failed to produce a winner with enough votes to clear the 60 per cent threshold necessary for victory.   With just 15 minutes to spare before Ottawa’s downtown Shaw Centre had to close for the […]

The Metis Nation of Alberta (MNA) is taking another step towards self-governing. In a province-wide vote held from September 13-19, 2023, members of the Metis Nation within Alberta elected a new President and Citizens council and formally transitioned to the Otipemisiwak Métis Government. Andrea Sandmaier is now President-elect, replacing outgoing President Audrey Poitras. A woman’s […]