After several decades of intensive political lobbying by midwives and consumers, fully integrated, regulated and publicly funded midwifery is now part of the health system in the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, and Nova Scotia, and in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.

This left the PCs in disarray and scrambling to understand how to make toryism relevant in provinces such as Quebec, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia that had never had a strong tory tradition and political culture.

During the 1930s, political activism arose in Métis communities in Alberta and Saskatchewan over land rights.

Hnatyshyn, a Ukrainian Canadian, was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, to Helen Hnatyshyn and her husband, John, whose political links and friendship with John Diefenbaker, the future prime minister, would provide his son with frequent exposure to high-calibre political debate.

Particularly, the movie's portrayal of James Gardiner, premier of Saskatchewan from the late 1920s to mid-1930s, was objected to by political historians and the Gardiner family itself.

* Tom Johnston ( Saskatchewan politician ) ( 1881-1969 ), British-born Canadian political figure

David Orchard ( born June 28, 1950, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan ) is a Canadian author and political figure, member of the Liberal Party of Canada, who was the Liberal Party candidate for the Saskatchewan riding of Desnethé — Missinippi — Churchill River in the 2008 federal election.

Orchard and his political advisor Marjaleena Repo worked hard after his failed leadership bid to rebuild several Saskatchewan PC constituency associations and improve PC membership sales across Canada.

The Saskatchewan Party is a conservative liberal political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.

Historically, Saskatchewan politics has tended towards a two-party system, with third parties enjoying limited political success.

For the first 25 years of the province's existence, political power was split between the Saskatchewan Liberal Party in government, and the Conservatives ( initially the Provincial Rights Party ) in opposition.

In the late 1970s, the provincial Conservatives ( now the Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan ) re-emerged as a political force, forming government under Grant Devine for most of the 1980s.

On May 16, 2006, in an effort to gain political support, Saskatchewan Party MLAs tried to associate the provincial NDP – which had vocally opposed the gun registry – with their federal party counterparts – which support it.

On November 23, 2006, the Saskatchewan Party tried to make a political issue about the provincial government trying to reclaim money from tobacco companies for the additional strain smokers placed on the health care system.

While not officially aligned with any federal political party, the majority of the Saskatchewan Party's supporters are also involved with the Conservative Party of Canada, with others being associated with the Liberal Party of Canada.

Category: Provincial political parties in Saskatchewan

A teacher and business woman, Mrs. Merchant has played an active role in cultural, political, and advocacy groups in Saskatchewan.

Kenney later served a term as Executive Director of the Saskatchewan Taxpayers Association, and later as President and CEO of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, a political advocacy organization.

* United Farmers of Saskatchewan, a political party

The Saskatchewan Liberal Party is a liberal political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.

In Saskatchewan, condominiums are registered as a special type of non-profit corporation that is owned by the unit owners ; the owners elect a board of directors ; the operation of the corporation is governed by The Condominium Property Act, 1993.

* Bakken Formation, rock unit with producible reserves of oil in Montana, North Dakota, and Saskatchewan

On 17 February 1955, The Prince Albert and Battleford Volunteers ( Machine Gun ) and The Saskatoon Light Infantry ( Machine Gun ) were amalgamated and organized as a two battalion unit with the 1st Battalion, The North Saskatchewan Regiment ( The Prince Albert and Battleford Volunteers ) ( Machine Gun ) and the 2nd Battalion, The North Saskatchewan Regiment ( The Saskatoon Light Infantry ) ( Machine Gun ) on the Reserve Force order of battle.

* Southern Prairie Railway in Ogema, Saskatchewan, Canada has purchased unit # 15 from Conway Scenic Railway in New Hampshire and intends to use the 1945 44-tonner to offer tourist trips down the Red Coat Line in Southern Saskatchewan.

Examples include Vancouver, British Columbia, named after the explorer George Vancouver ; and Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, originally called Isbister's Settlement but renamed after Queen Victoria's husband and consort in 1866.

* Maskepetoon ( Maski Pitonew-‘ Broken Arm ’, ‘ Crooked Arm ’, later called Peacemaker, Chief of a group of Rocky / Mountain Cree or Asini Wachi Wi Iniwak, born about 1807 in the Saskatchewan River region, because of his bravery he was called by the hostile Blackfoot Mon-e-ba-guh-now or Mani-kap-ina (‘ Young Man Chief ’), turned later to the Methodist missionaries, what him and his followers brought into conflict with the Catholic free Rocky Cree under the leadership of Pesew, moved to the reserve and was soon known as the Peacemaker, was killed in 1869 in a Blackfoot camp in Alberta by the enemy war chief Big Swan, in an attempt to make peace between the two peoples unarmed )

* Pihew-kamihkosit ( Pee-yahn-kah-nihk-oo-sit, better known as Red Pheasant, Chief of the Plains River Cree, brother and counselor of the chief Wuttunee (‘ Porcupine ’), signed on on behalf of his brother Wuttunee the Treaty 6, he was then regarded as a so called Treaty Chief by the Canadian government, moved with his tribal group 1878 onto the present Red Pheasant Reserve, about 33 km south of North Battleford, Saskatchewan )

* Paskwüw ( Paskwa, Pisqua, usually called Pasquah-‘ The Plain ’; French: Les Prairies ), Chief of the Plains Cree, born 1828, son of the famous chief Mahkaysis, 1874 his tribal group were making their living with bison hunting in the vicinity of today's Leech Lake, Saskatchewan, they had also created gardens and raised a small herd of cattle, in September 1874 Pasqua took part in the negotiations on the Treaty 4 in Qu ' Appelle Valley, he asked the Canadian government for the payment of £ 300, 000 to the tribes, which the Hudson's Bay Company had received for the sale of Rupert's land to Canada, despite the refusal of Canada he finally signed the treaty and moved to a reserve five miles west of Fort Qu ' Appelle, stayed out with his tribal group from the Northwest Rebellion of 1885, died in March 1889 he succumbed to the tuberculosis )

Two years after he was called to the bar of Saskatchewan in 1957, Hnatyshyn's family moved to Ottawa upon his father being summoned to the Senate.

The independent and very successful warriors had a territory that stretched from the North Saskatchewan River ( called Ponoká ' sisaahta ) along what is now Edmonton, Alberta, in Canada, to the Yellowstone River ( called Otahkoiitahtayi ) of Montana in the United States, and from the Rocky Mountains ( called Miistakistsi ) and along the South Saskatchewan River to the present Alberta-Saskatchewan border ( called Kaayihkimikoyi ), east past the Cypress Hills.

Montreal kicker Damon Duval attempted a 43-yard field goal and missed, but Saskatchewan had been called for a too-many-men penalty, advancing the placement 10 yards.

With the commencement of hostilities in World War I, Scott called an emergency session of the Saskatchewan Legislature on September 15, 1914.

The Saskatchewan Wheat Pool was formed in 1924, and built an elevator in Coleville in 1925, now called Pool A. Alf Beal was the first operator.

The " Co-operative government ", as it was called, was defeated in the 1934 election, and the Conservative Party lost all of its seats in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan.

Lloyd was elected leader of what was now called the Saskatchewan CCF-NDP after he easily defeated Olaf Turnbull in the leadership contest.

There is a ranch northwest of Eastend, Saskatchewan, called Dividing Springs Ranch ; the water from this spring goes both south to Gulf of Mexico and north to Hudson Bay.

On the provincial level of government, Fort Saskatchewan is part of the riding called Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville.

Vellacott confirmed his support for Preston Manning's leadership of the Reform Party in 1998, after two other Saskatchewan Reform MPs called for a leadership review.

The Saskatchewan government together with Cable Regina set up a provincial pay-TV network called " Teletheatre " in 1979.

Assembling these required matching funds has been called " an unprecedented level of collaboration among governments, universities, and industry in Canada " and Bancroft-leader of the rival UWO bid-anckowledged the " Herculean " efforts of the Saskatchewan team in obtaining funds from the University, the City of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Power, NRC, the Provincial Government of Saskatchewan, and Western Economic Diversification.

* Buffalo No. 409, Saskatchewan, a rural municipality in north-central Saskatchewan

* Enterprise No. 142, Saskatchewan, a rural municipality

* Livingston No. 331, Saskatchewan, a rural municipality in west-central Saskatchewan

* Log Valley, Saskatchewan, a settlement in the rural municipality of Morse No. 165

* Huron No. 223, Saskatchewan, a rural municipality in south-central Saskatchewan

Certain areas of Saskatchewan and Manitoba are designated as rural municipalities, while equivalent areas in Alberta are designated as municipal districts and some in British Columbia are designated as district municipalities.

* Auvergne No. 76, Saskatchewan, a rural municipality in Saskatchewan, Canada

* Caledonia No. 99, Saskatchewan, rural municipality

* Calder No. 241, Saskatchewan, a rural municipality in south-eastern Saskatchewan

* Mariposa, Saskatchewan, a rural municipality

Emerald Park, Saskatchewan is an unorganized hamlet situated in the rural municipality of Edenwold.

* Norton No. 69, Saskatchewan, rural municipality

* Excel No. 71, Saskatchewan, a rural municipality in Saskatchewan, Canada

** Rural municipality: rural territories in Manitoba and Saskatchewan

* Reciprocity No. 32, Saskatchewan, rural municipality in Canada

In New Zealand, Australia, Saskatchewan, Canada, and South Africa, single wire earth return systems ( SWER ) are used to electrify remote rural areas.

Rural northern regions are predominantly rural census divisions that are found either entirely or mostly above the following lines of parallel in each province: Newfoundland and Labrador, 50th ; Quebec and Ontario, 54th ; Manitoba, 53rd ; Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia, 54th.

* Caron No. 162, Saskatchewan, a rural municipality of Saskatchewan, Canada