Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.
– Saskatchewan residents will go to the ballot box for the province’s 30th general election on Monday. Recent polls suggested that the New Democrats, led by Carla Beck, have a slight lead over the incumbent right-wing Saskatchewan Party, led by Premier Scott Moe. The Saskatchewan Party is looking for its fifth straight majority government. At dissolution, it had 42 seats while the NDP held 14, the Saskatchewan United Party had one and three MLAs sat as independents.
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– The results of British Columbia’s provincial election will be made final on Monday after the counting of 22,000 mail-in ballots. Nine days after election day, no ridings had flipped from one party to another. The New Democrats led or were elected in 46 ridings, while the Conservatives had 45 seats and the Green Party had two. For a majority, a party must be elected in at least 47 ridings.
– NATO confirmed on Monday that North Korean soldiers have been sent to Russia as reinforcements in the war on Ukraine. NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte told reporters that many North Korean troops were deployed to Russia’s Kursk border region, stating it was a “significant escalation” and a “dangerous expansion of Russia’s war”.
– Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party, led by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, and its coalition partner Komeito lost seats in the lower house of parliament in the country’s snap election on Monday. The LDP won 215 seats, down from 279, as voters were frustrated with a spending scandal and a cost-of-living crisis. The opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan rose from 98 to 148 seats. A majority of 233 seats is needed to form government. In September, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, stepped down amid the turmoil.
