Federal Election 2025

Advance polls for the 2025 federal election are open this weekend.

It's a handy way for people to vote if they're unable to do so on election day (April 28), or if they're simply eager to cast their ballot.

There are a few factors to keep in mind, though.

When you can vote

Advance polling stations are open from April 18-21 between 9 a.m. to  9 p.m.

According to Elections Canada, the peak voting time on advance polling days is from 10 a.m. to noon, with the lowest volume typically being in the early morning or after 4 p.m.

Residents of Provencher will head to the polls in 11 days to elect their Member of Parliament. Federal election day in Canada is April 28th.

The five candidates whose names will appear on the ballot are:

While the official date of the federal election is April 28, early voting begins tomorrow at Wylie Mitchell Hall in Estevan.

“There will be four polls there, and you can start voting from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on the Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday,” said Gwen Van De Woestyne, the assistant returning officer for both Estevan and Weyburn.

The most important thing to bring is ID.

“I would suggest that if you have your driver’s license, we can take that as a standalone ID,” Van De Woestyne said.

We continue our profile interviews of this year’s federal candidate by chatting with Alec Guggenmos, the Libertarian Party in the Yorkton-Melville riding. 

Could the lack of a Green Party candidate in Swift Current—Grasslands—Kindersley have impacted their place in the federal leaders' debates?

Green Party co-Leader Jonathan Pedneault was pulled from the stage by the debate commission after the party claimed they had pulled back their number of candidates for strategic reasons.

That may have included the southwest Saskatchewan riding. 

Darrell Patan, representing the Canadian Future Party, is one of four candidates contesting the Battlefords–Lloydminster–Meadow Lake seat in the 2025 federal election.

Patan's bio page on the Canadian Future Party website lists him as a lifelong resident of the Lloydminster region, where he had been in the construction industry since high school after taking over the family business.

It's the election that most southeast voters have been waiting for.

The federal election is scheduled for April 28. While local candidates are vying to get your vote, Elections Canada is making sure the process of getting you to the polls is as smooth as it gets. 

Liberal Leader Mark Carney's French language skills will be put to the test, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre will seek to turn his numbers around, when the five main federal party leaders square off in Montreal tonight in the first of two debates ahead of election day on April 28.

The two-hour French-language debate will be moderated by Radio-Canada's Patrice Roy and will focus on five themes: the cost of living, energy and climate, the trade war, identity and sovereignty, and immigration and foreign affairs.

Our look at this year’s candidates for federal office continues with Cheryl Loadman who is running for the New Democratic Party in Carlton Trail – Eagle Creek.  

Candidates were given a series of questions to respond to. 

As we continue our federal candidate profiles, here’s Kelly Block, Conservative candidate for Carlton Trail-Eagle Creek.  

We asked each candidate to respond to four questions. The following article represents the candidate's responses, edited for space.