* 1944 – In the Saskatchewan general election, the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, is elected and forms the first socialist government in North America.

* Mistahi-maskwa ( recorded as Mistihui ' muskwa or as Mistahimusqua ; better known as Big Bear in English and as Gros Ours in French ), Chief of the Plains Cree, born about 1825, son of the Ojibwa-Chief Mukitou (‘ Black Powder ’), mastered his native language, the Cree language, as well as Ojibwe language, led the last resistance to the dispersal of the Cree on many reservations and asked for a big total reserve, a revolt of the young warriors under the leadership of one of his sons in 1885 destroyed these plans, died 17 January 1888 on the Poundmaker reservation in North Battleford in Saskatchewan.

* Minahikosis ( Little Pine, French: ‘ Petit Pin ’, Chief of the Plains Cree, born about 1830 in the vicinity of Fort Pitt, Saskatchewan, his mother was a Blackfeet, became famous in the 1860s, as armed Plains Cree to find the last remaining bison, penetrated more and more into the territory of the Blackfoot Confederacy, led three years bitter resistance, signed however, in view of his starving people in 1879 the Treaty 6, and moved into a reserve at the foot of Blue Hill along the Battle River, his reputation was comparable to that of Mistahimaskwa ' (' Big Bear '))

On April 2, 1885, near Frog Lake, Saskatchewan ( now in Alberta ) a Cree raiding party led by Wandering Spirit attacked a small town.

Sitting Bull refused to surrender and in May 1877 led his band across the border into Saskatchewan, Canada.

In 1905 he chaired the parliamentary inquiry into telephones that led to regulation of Canadian telecommunications, and he participated in the negotiations that led to the creation of the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan.

Mulock was also active in the negotiations that led to the formation of the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan in 1905.

He led the CCF to power in the 1944 provincial election, winning 47 of 53 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, and thus forming the first democratic socialist government in not only Canada, but all of North America.

This led Hunter to form a new league with five former members of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League ( SJHL ), the Estevan Bruins, Regina Pats, Saskatoon Blades, Moose Jaw Canucks, and Weyburn Red Wings, to leave the SJHL and join the Oil Kings and the Calgary Buffaloes in a new league known as the Canadian Major Junior Hockey League.

This case subsequently led to the acquittal of women in British Columbia and Saskatchewan who faced similar charges.

Durant started all 18 games for Saskatchewan and led the team to a 10 – 7 – 1 record and their first West Division regular season title since 1976.

At the 2006 leadership convention, Orchard led a group of approximately 150 delegates, including 32 from Saskatchewan, in support of Dion.

In 1905, he took part, as the federal government representative, in the negotiations that led to the creation of the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan.

* June 6-1929 Saskatchewan election: James Garfield Gardiner's Liberals win a plurality, but the other parties, led by James T. M.

In the 1944 election, the Saskatchewan CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, swept to power.

Blakeney's government was defeated in the 1982 election by the Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan, led by Grant Devine.

In the 1999 provincial election, Romanow's NDP received slightly less popular support as a share of the vote than the conservative opposition Saskatchewan Party led by Elwin Hermanson, a former Reform MP.

Following the 2003 general election, the NDP, now led by Lorne Calvert, was able to form a government on its own with a majority in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan of two seats ( 30 – 28 ).

In Saskatchewan, the Independent Labour Party was formed in 1931 and led by M. J. Coldwell, It merged with the United Farmers of Canada ( Saskatchewan Section ) to form the Farmer-Labour Group in 1932 which became the Saskatchewan CCF in 1934.

The Riel Rebellion ( or more precisely Riel Rebellions ) is the name often given to two uprisings led by Louis Riel in what are now Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

Haultain led the Provincial Rights Party in the 1905 Saskatchewan provincial election, which was won by the Liberal Party of Saskatchewan.

Alberta was once the smallest of the three Prairie Provinces by population in the early 20th century, but by 2009, Alberta's population was 3, 632, 483 or approximately three times as much as either Saskatchewan ( 1, 023, 810 ) or Manitoba ( 1, 213, 815 ).

That provision was carried forward in the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan, when they were created by the Alberta Act and the Saskatchewan Act.

The first world title was won by the Canadian team from Regina, Saskatchewan, skipped by Ernie Richardson.

Legislation in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, and Nova Scotia expressly or by judicial opinion have been read to allow for what are informally known as national " opt-out " class actions, whereby residents of other provinces may be included in the class definition and potentially be bound by the court's judgment on common issues unless they opt-out in a prescribed manner and time.

The Yukon Territory was created by Ottawa in 1898, followed by Alberta and Saskatchewan in 1905.

The Hudson's Bay Company's second inland trading post was established by Samuel Hearne in 1774 in Cumberland House, Saskatchewan.

Manitoba is bordered by the provinces of Ontario to the east and Saskatchewan to the west, the territories of Nunavut and Northwest Territories to the north, and the US states of North Dakota and Minnesota to the south.

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.

The state is bordered by Manitoba and Saskatchewan to the north, Minnesota to the east, South Dakota to the south and Montana to the west.

Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U. S. states of Montana and North Dakota.

Saskatchewan was first explored by Europeans in 1690 and settled in 1774, having also been inhabited for thousands of years by various indigenous groups.

Saskatchewan is part of the Western Provinces and is bounded on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the American states of Montana and North Dakota.

Then, prior to their season opening game of the 1963 season, Saskatchewan acquired Ottawa Rough Riders quarterback Ron Lancaster on July 30 on a straight cash basis following three years with the Eastern Riders.

Back-up quarterback Ryan Dinwiddie — in his first CFL start — did not fare well and threw one touchdown pass, fumbled once and threw 3 interceptions to Saskatchewan cornerback James Johnson.

Even as Ray entered the NFL, former Calgary Stampeders star quarterback Dave Dickenson and former Saskatchewan Roughriders starter Henry Burris, both contemporaries of Ray's and, in the case of Dickenson, a comparable quarterback in terms of style and talent, were finding themselves unable to crack an NFL roster.

In 2005, the City of Humboldt, Saskatchewan erected a permanent monument to Hall's career in Glenn Hall Park on Highway # 5 ( Glenn Hall Drive ).

Among those Fromm has represented is Glenn Bahr, the co-founder and former leader of Western Canada For Us, and Terry Tremaine, a former University of Saskatchewan mathematics lecturer.

Kerry Joseph was traded from the Saskatchewan Roughriders to the Toronto Argonauts on March 5, 2008, along with 2010 third round draft pick in exchange for offensive tackle Glenn January, defensive lineman Ronald Flemons, the Argos ' 2008 first-round pick and a 2010 second-round selection.

The 1989 Grey Cup is considered one of the finest games in Canadian football history: the Saskatchewan Roughriders defeated the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 43 – 40 in the highest scoring Grey Cup game of all-time.

In 2009, they defeated the Roughriders in dramatic fashion: placekicker Damon Duval missed a last-second field goal attempt that appeared to give Saskatchewan the victory.

The Argonauts easily defeated the Saskatchewan Roughriders 47 – 23 in the Grey Cup.

Unfortunately, Saskatchewan could not win their first championship as they were defeated by Ottawa 21-14 in the 39th Grey Cup.

Winnipeg was defeated by the Saskatchewan Roughriders 23 – 19 in the Rogers Centre in Toronto.

Calvert and the NDP narrowly defeated the centre-right opposition Saskatchewan Party in the 2003 provincial election.

Calvert and his government were defeated in the 2007 provincial election, dropping to 20 seats while the Saskatchewan Party under Brad Wall won a majority government with 38.

Two weeks later, Steele and his two dozen Mounties defeated Big Bear's force at Loon Lake, District of Saskatchewan, in the last battle ever fought on Canadian territory.

Mackenzie King himself was defeated in his Saskatchewan riding but was returned in an Ontario by-election within months.

Thatcher was defeated by Hazen Argue in the 1957 federal election and again in 1958 but Thatcher was nevertheless courted by the provincial Saskatchewan Liberal Party and became its leader in 1959 at the party's leadership convention defeating three rivals.

Thatcher's government was defeated by the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party ( the new name of the CCF ) in the June 1971 election and Allan Blakeney succeeded Thatcher as premier.

The turmoil of the Medicare fight took its toll, however, and the NDP-CCF government of Douglas's successor Woodrow S. Lloyd was defeated by Ross Thatcher's Saskatchewan Liberal Party in the 1964 election.

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.

They were re-elected in 1986 election, but defeated in the 1991 election, due to large budgetary deficits, an unpopular imposition of harmonized sales taxes, and a scheme entitled " Fair Share Saskatchewan " to decentralize civil service functions from Regina and privatize crown corporations.

He was defeated in the 1964 Saskatchewan general election and served the next six-years as the Leader of the Official Opposition.

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

In the 1944 election, however, the Liberals were easily defeated by the Saskatchewan Co-operative Commonwealth Federation under the leadership of Tommy Douglas.

Hermanson sought the leadership of the newly-founded Saskatchewan Party in 1998, and defeated Rod Gantefoer and Yogi Huyghebaert in a one member one vote election.

He was the MVP of the 54th Grey Cup of 1966, as Saskatchewan defeated Ottawa, his sole Grey Cup win.

In the 2006 Vanier Cup, they defeated the University of Saskatchewan Huskies 13 – 8, in a game played at Saskatoon in temperatures below − 20 ° C.

During that period, Saskatchewan represented the West in the Grey Cup five times ( 1966, 1967, 1969, 1972, and 1976 ); however the Roughriders won the big game only once, in 1966, when they defeated the Ottawa Rough Riders 29 – 14.

The rebels were defeated at Batoche, Saskatchewan and Riel was later taken prisoner.

Calvillo led Montreal to a comeback victory in the 97th Grey Cup on Nov. 29, when the Alouettes defeated the Saskatchewan Roughriders on a last-second field goal.