{"id":6986,"date":"2016-10-24T17:41:35","date_gmt":"2016-10-24T23:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/saskatoon\/?p=6986"},"modified":"2023-06-08T11:25:17","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T17:25:17","slug":"saskatoon-civic-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/saskatoon\/saskatoon-civic-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Saskatoon Civic Election&#8211;Issues That Affect You TODAY!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_6987\" style=\"width: 570px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6987\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6987\" src=\"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/saskatoon\/files\/2016\/10\/Downtown-clock.jpg\" alt=\"civic\" width=\"560\" height=\"836\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/saskatoon\/files\/2016\/10\/Downtown-clock.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/saskatoon\/files\/2016\/10\/Downtown-clock-402x600.jpg 402w, https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/saskatoon\/files\/2016\/10\/Downtown-clock-134x200.jpg 134w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6987\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo courtesy of Tourism Saskatoon<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;m\u00a0normally a\u00a0political fanatic, but I&#8217;ll be honest and confess that I know very little about civic politics!\u00a0\u00a0Thankfully,\u00a0something I heard on the radio last week made me go the extra mile and inform myself enough to vote in Wednesday&#8217;s Saskatoon Civic Election&#8230; \u00a0The comment was something to the effect that civic issues (unlike federal or provincial ones) are going to affect you tomorrow! The condition of your street, your garbage pick-up, the safety of Saskatoon&#8217;s streets, who is influencing your child&#8217;s education&#8211;these things\u00a0will likely affect you directly within the next day, if not within the next few minutes! Get out there and vote, Saskatoon!!<\/p>\n<h2>Saskatoon Civic Election<\/h2>\n<p><strong>When<\/strong>: October 26, 2016<br \/>\n<strong>Where do\u00a0I vote?:<\/strong> This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saskatoon.ca\/city-hall\/voting-elections\/online-poll-finder\">Online Poll Finder <\/a>will tell you!<br \/>\n<strong>Who do I vote for?:<\/strong> It&#8217;s not too late to inform yourself with this <a href=\"http:\/\/thestarphoenix.com\/news\/local-news\/voters-guide-where-do-saskatoons-mayoral-candidates-stand-on-the-major-issues\">Voter&#8217;s Guide<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m\u00a0normally a\u00a0political fanatic, but I&#8217;ll be honest and confess that I know very little about civic politics!\u00a0\u00a0Thankfully,\u00a0something I heard on the radio last week made me go the extra mile and inform myself enough to vote in Wednesday&#8217;s Saskatoon Civic Election&#8230; \u00a0The comment was something to the effect that civic<br \/><strong style=\"margin-top: 20px; display: block;\"><a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/saskatoon\/saskatoon-civic-election\/\">Continue Reading &raquo;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":6987,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-past-events","cat-67-id","has_thumb"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Saskatoon Civic Election--Issues That Affect You TODAY! 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