Saskatoon civic election: Whos running in my ward? [Video]

Saskatoon’s civic election is inching closer, as candidates are now finalized ahead of voting day on Nov. 13.

The nomination period ended Wednesday, but councillors had until Thursday afternoon to drop out of the race.

Returning officer Shellie Bryant says now that nominations have closed, the hard work continues with mail-in ballot applications due by Oct. 15 and advanced polls beginning across the city on Nov. 1.

“Now is what we call crunch time. We’re, I think, 33, 34 days away from the actual election. We’ve got advance polls coming up on November 1st … we’re in the process of training all the workers right now this week, next week and the week after,” she said. “So yeah, it’s go time.”

Saskatoon is set for plenty of change for the 2024 election. This is the first election since 1988 with an open seat for mayor, after Charlie Clark followed Cliff …