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	The Premier - Government of Saskatchewan
		It is important that we continue to let it be known that Saskatchewan is a great place to live, work and raise a family.
		In Saskatchewan you'll find down to earth people, and a future where the sky is the limit.
		Maybe you'd like to know what his favorite part about being premier is? Read through a few of the questions the premier has received.
	www.gov.sk.ca /premier (0 words)

	Romanow, Roy John
		Premier of Saskatchewan (courtesy Office of the Premier, Government of Saskatchewan).
		Romanow, Roy John, politician, premier of Saskatchewan (b at Saskatoon 1939).
		As a result of nearly losing the election to Elwin Hermanson and the Saskatchewan Party, Romanow's NDP formed a minority-coalition government with the Liberals and their four seats to avoid vote splitting.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0006918 (439 words)

	Remarks made by the Premier of Saskatchewan
		As the Premier of the province, and as a lifelong resident of this city, my first pleasant duty tonight is to welcome all of you.
		Let me also add that while Saskatchewan's economy is based primarily on exports, including the export of food, we should all welcome the prospect of increased food self-sufficiency for all nations.
		Thus, we are urging Ottawa to continually monitor and enhance all aspects of their regulatory regime, especially its transparency and responsiveness, and to ensure all reasonable safeguards and precautions are built into the system.
	www.biotech-info.net /romanow_remarks.html (2436 words)

	Saskatchewan information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Saskatchewan is (approximately) a quadrilateral 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.
		Saskatchewan has the same form of government as the other Canadian provinces with a premier, legislature, and lieutenant-governor, who is the representative of the Crown.
		The current premier of Saskatchewan is New Democrat Lorne Calvert, whose government was re-elected in the 2003 election with a slim majority -- the NDP won 30 seats in the 58-seat Legislative Assembly, while the Saskatchewan Party won the remaining 28 seats.
	c10-ss-1-lb.cnet.com /reference/Saskatchewan (1818 words)

	Saskatchewan
		Saskatchewan is a quadrilateral; however, due to its size, the 49th parallel boundary and the 60th northern border appear curved.
		Saskatchewan 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.
		Saskatchewan has the same form of government as the other Canadian provinces with a Lieutenant-Governor (who is the representative of the Crown in Right of Saskatchewan), premier, and a unicameral legislature.
	www.globalguide.org /index.html?id=10107 (2743 words)

	Blakeney, Allan Emrys
		Former premier of Saskatchewan and NDP Leader Alan Blakeney, 1981 (Canapress).
		Blakeney, Allan Emrys, lawyer, civil servant, politician, premier of Saskatchewan (b at Bridgewater, NS 7 Sept 1925).
		He was born and raised in conservative Nova Scotia and spent 2 decades in the politically innovative environment of Saskatchewan before becoming premier.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0000815 (283 words)

	Ed Komarnicki, MP Souris-Moose Mountain Saskatchewan
		Federal support for Saskatchewan would be $1.4 billion in 2007-08, including $226 million under the new equalization formula, $756 million under the health care transfer and $342 million for the Canada social transfer that includes additional funding for post-secondary education and child care and $75 million for infrastructure.
		Saskatchewan lost billions of dollars while the member for Wascana was finance minister, including a time when the current Premier of Saskatchewan was watching from the sidelines.
		It is interesting to note that the premier, along with the member for Wascana, sat on their backsides while the Atlantic accord was signed and made no noise until after the fact.
	www.edkom.ca /inthehouse/sp-07-jun12.htm (1586 words)

	Diplomatic Gateway to Canada - Keynote Address by The Honourable Lorne Calvert
		Saskatchewan is a land of many peoples, one of immigrants, the children and grandchildren of immigrants, as well one of First Nations and Métis peoples.
		The Premier felt that there is room for growth in a number of sectors, not only in sectors such as agriculture, minerals, and oil and gas, but also in other advanced area such as biotechnology.
		The Premier said that Canada is one of the most successful trading nations in the world, and that Saskatchewan is one of the most successful exporting jurisdictions in the world.
	www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca /protocole/041001_keynote_calvert-en.asp (724 words)

	Premier's round table meeting in Tisdale (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Premier Calvert has come into his role as a person who wants to achieve something and the best way to do that is get people to come together on common goals and objectives.
		The premier explained that no one could have predicted the BSE crisis which followed on the heels of the worst drought in Saskatchewan history and profoundly disrupted the province's plans to see the development of a series of plants in a variety of Saskatchewan locations.
		He was asked about the possible Saskatchewan implications of the scandal facing Ottawa as such an event reduces confidence in the political system all across the country and he responded by saying that he is very disturbed by the undermining of the public's trust in government.
	www.ftlcomm.com /ensign/ensign2/politicsNpoliticalSc/calvert/roundtable/roundtable.html (732 words)

	The Commonwealth Journal \| Vol 65 Issue 1 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Saskatchewan Act was passed in the House of Commons on July 5, 1905 and received vice-regal assent in the Senate shortly thereafter on July 18.
		Saskatchewan officially became a province on September 1, 1905 and inauguration day was held September 4 with Prime Minister Sir Wilfred Laurier and Governor General Earl Grey visiting the province for a day of pomp and celebration.
		Frederick Haultain was the Premier of the North West Territories from 1897-1905 and one of the major proponents in the struggle for provincial autonomy.
	www.saskndp.com /cw/65.1/formationofsask.html (1296 words)

	Saskatchewan's Top News Stories: Politics
		Premier W.J. Patterson and his Liberal administration were able to salvage only four seats from the C.C.F. avalanche but there is definite indication that the party will win at least one and possibly two more seats.
		In sweeping into power in Saskatchewan, the C.C.F. party has won the opportunity to set up a government in the province in which the party was born.
		The drop in the popular vote is attributed to the fact that the population of Saskatchewan is down by about 100,000, the approximate number who have left the province for service with the forces or employment in war industries in other parts of Canada.
	library2.usask.ca /sni/stories/pol26.html (991 words)

	Premier Lorne Calvert
		Lorne Calvert was born, raised and educated in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.
		Calvert was elected Leader of the New Democratic Party of Saskatchewan on January 27, 2001, and assumed the duties of Premier on February 8, 2001.
		He was elected as the MLA for Saskatoon Riversdale in a by-election in March, 2001, and was re-elected as MLA and Premier in the November, 2003, general election.
	www.executive.gov.sk.ca /min_bios/58075.htm (235 words)

	Urban Dictionary: saskatchewan
		Saskatchewan is a beautiful province where half of it is beautiful praries and the other half is magnificeint forests and lakes.
		The biggest city in Saskatchewan is Saskatoon, which, nope, is not the capital, even though it is home to a relatively adequate school, the University of Saskatchewan.
		Tommy Douglas was the former Premier of Saskatchewan.
	www.urbandictionary.com /define.php?term=saskatchewan (857 words)

	From the Heart: Saskatchewan Celebrates - Library and Archives Canada
		Saskatchewan is a massive province containing vast grasslands, expansive forests, mighty rivers, thousands of lakes, a northern desert with giant sand dunes, all beneath a dynamic, breathtaking sky.
		Saskatchewan's centennial year has been and continues to be a wonderful celebration of our province.
		Saskatchewan's motto is "From many peoples, strength." There can be little doubt that the many talented actors, artists, authors, singers, dancers and other performers who call Saskatchewan home have helped to shape the province that is today known for its 100 years of heart.
	www.collectionscanada.ca /whats-on/saskatchewan/014007-200-e.html (1815 words)

	Welcome to Saskatchewan, Canada
		Saskatchewan is (approximately) a quadrilateral 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.
		The current premier of Saskatchewan is New Democrat Lorne Calvert, whose government was re-elected in the 2003 election with a slim majority government--the NDP won 30 seats in the 58-seat Legislative Assembly, while the Saskatchewan Party won the remaining 28 seats.
		Saskatchewan is also the world's most important supplier of uranium, and supplies much of the western world's supplies.
	www.hometowncanada.com /sk (1274 words)

	Grainfields' Saskatchewan Facts Page
		Saskatchewan became a province in 1905, with Regina as its capital.
		Saskatchewan has set aside close to five million acres of national and provincial parkland to preserve its natural resources for generations to come.
		Saskatchewan is home to a million people, many with family roots in Europe, Russia, Scandinavia and the British Isles.
	www.grainfields.net /skinfo.html (659 words)

	Not your average election - Showdown on the Prairies: A History of Saskatchewan Elections - CBC Archives
		Premier Tommy Douglas and the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) seek their fifth term in office, promising a public medical insurance plan that would cover all Saskatchewan citizens.
		Premier Douglas thunders defiantly at a CCF rally: "This sort of propaganda is an insult to the intelligence of the people of Saskatchewan."
		When he was elected as premier of Saskatchewan in 1944 he formed the first socialist government in North America.
	archives.cbc.ca /IDC-1-73-884-5171/politics_economy/elections_saskatchewan/clip1 (624 words)

	South Saskatchewan River Project
		The population of Moose Jaw grew from 1,500 to 14,000 and Regina grew from 2,300 to 30,000.
		When construction of a dam on the South Saskatchewan River was first considered, there was doubt that such a high dam on the river could be economically constructed because of the weakness of the geologically young Bearpaw Shale underlying the area.
		When the South Saskatchewan River Project was conceived, vast areas that might benefit through irrigation were identified along the proposed reservoir, in the Qu'Appelle River Basin and in areas northeast and northwest of the project.
	www.agr.gc.ca /pfra/pub/ssaskr_e.htm (4679 words)

	sports history - Tommy Douglas
		As Cooperative Commonwealth Federation premier of Saskatchewan from 1944 to 1961, he led the first socialist government in North America and introduced universal public medicare to Canada.
		With the onset of the Depression, Douglas became a social activist in his community (Weyburn), joined the new CCF party, became a freemason, and was elected to the House of Commons in the 1935 federal election.
		Saskatchewan became the center of a hard fought struggle between the government, the above organization and the province's physicians who brought things to a head with the Doctor's Strike.
	www.sportsfactbook.com /history/Tommy_Douglas (1116 words)

	Saskatchewan Learning - Welcome to Saskatchewan Learning
		Premier Lorne Calvert participated in a news conference at Confederation Park Child Care Cooperative to announce the allocation of 550 child care spaces to child care centres across the province.
		Saskatchewan students and communities are the major beneficiaries of upgrades to schools throughout Saskatchewan.
		Saskatchewan home owners and commercial property owners will receive a 10 per cent tax credit this year, a two per cent increase from the existing tax credit program.
	www.sasked.gov.sk.ca (0 words)

	Saskatchewan's Top News Stories: Beginnings And Landmarks
		The first Saskatchewan elections were held a little over a year after the province was formed with still the atmosphere and backing of Territorial administration as a pronounced factor.
		In the light of the provincial elections held in June of this year, when the school question appeared to be a paramount issue, it is interesting to note that the same issue was quite prominent in the first general election.
		This year, February, also saw the first move of the Saskatchewan Grain Growers’ Association to enter the provincial political arena as a distinct party, an action which a few years later was to cause its downfall and final amalgamation into what is now known as the Saskatchewan Section of the United Farmers of Canada.
	library2.usask.ca /sni/stories/beg20.html (3841 words)

	A Look at the Provinces, Part III: Saskatchewan
		The Climate in Saskatchewan, much like Alberta is Dry Continental to the South and Cold Continental to the rest, which means the summers are hot and the winters are damned cold.
		Saskatchewan, along with Alberta became provinces of the Dominion of Canada in 1905.
		The Premier of Saskatchewan at this moment is Roy Romanow of the New Democratic Party.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/life_in_canada/22895 (450 words)

	Biodiesel Magazine
		Saskatchewan Premier Lorne Calvert said the “timing is right” for expansion of the Canadian renewable fuels industry.
		In June, the Saskatchewan Biodiesel Development Task Force released a report that recommended a federal renewable fuels strategy with a biodiesel target of 2 percent by 2010 and 5 percent by 2015.
		Clay Serby, deputy premier of Saskatchewan, told Biodiesel Magazine in July that his province is lobbying for a 10 percent standard.
	www.biodieselmagazine.com /article.jsp?article_id=1273 (585 words)

	Government Relations \| Office of Protocol and Honours (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Roy J. Romanow, S.O.M. A Saskatchewan lawyer, Roy Romanow was born and educated in Saskatoon.
		Romanow became Premier of Saskatchewan in 1991, and remained in this position until he retired from politics in February 2001.
		As Premier he dealt with an acute financial crisis in 1992, restoring Saskatchewan’s financial position and making the province the first in Canada to balance its budget in the 1990s.
	www.gr.gov.sk.ca /protocol/honours/SOM_romanow.htm (338 words)

	globeandmail.com - Canada's best source for news continuously updated from The Globe and Mail
		Between 1971 and 1982, he served as deputy premier of Saskatchewan, throughout those 11 years he also served as the province's attorney general.
		Romanow got into politics in the 1960s, the medicare question was big in Saskatchewan, and it remained with him throughout his 33-year political career, in a sense becoming a cornerstone of his public life.
		Between 1971 and 1982, he served as Saskatchewan’s deputy premier in the NDP government of premier of Allan Blakeney.
	www.theglobeandmail.com /special/romanow/stories/gam/romanow_profile.html (1093 words)

	Saskatchewan - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia
		In Saskatchewan cities do not exist, the closest thing to a city in Saskatchewan is a farm with a large cow herd.
		During the latter half of the second millennium, Sasquatchewan cultivated the odd plant marijuana for the first time anywhere in the world, and brought settlers from Europe in droves during the 1890s.
		Sasquatchewan is known today mostly for its CFL team, the Saskatchewan Roughriders instead of its marijuana grow ops.
	uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Saskatchewan (464 words)

	Feb 96: Lyons; Health Care in 2025
		Saskatchewan's innovations in treatment were paralleled by their innovations in health policy.
		What the government called “universal coverage” the doctors called “compulsory state medicine.” The doctors in Saskatchewan received publicity kits with the reminder: “The concept of universal medical coverage is not new and the approach by government to seek support is just the same as when first enunciated by Karl Marx in his Communistic Theories.
		Allan Blakeney, later to become premier of Saskatchewan, was a minister in the cabinet at the time: “People were in a semi-hysterical frame of mind.
	www.zmag.org /Zmag/articles/feb96lyons.htm (3180 words)

	Tommy Douglas Summary
		As leader of the Saskatchewan Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) from 1942 and the seventh Premier of Saskatchewan from 1944 to 1961, he led the first socialist government in North America and introduced universal public medicare to Canada.
		Despite being a federal Member of Parliament and not yet an MLA, Douglas was elected the leader of the Saskatchewan CCF in 1942 and did not resign from the House of Commons until June 1, 1944.
		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.
	www.bookrags.com /Tommy_Douglas (2593 words)

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