Cuthand: Provincial election showcases need for change in Sask. politics
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Cuthand: Provincial election showcases need for change in Sask. politics

Politics tamfitronics The provincial election revealed the split between the Sask Party and Indian Country — all three Aboriginal MLAs are with the NDP.Author of the article: Doug Cuthand • Saskatoon StarPhoenixPublished Nov 01, 2024 • Last updated 23 hours ago • 3 minute readSaskatchewan premier-designate Scott Moe speaks to media, following his party winning a majority government in the provincial election, in Shellbrook, Oct. 29, 2024. Photo by Liam Richards /The Canadian PressThe provincial election may have revealed the rural-urban split in Saskatchewan, but it also revealed the split between the Saskacthewan Party and Indian Country. All three Indigenous MLAs are with the NDP.The two northern constituencies chose Indigenous candidates, with Jordan McFail taking Cumberland and Leroy Laliberte in Athabasca. Also, Betty Nippi-Albright held onto her seat in Saskatoon.THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED...
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Archbishop Justin Welby Faces Backlash for Remarks on Gay Sex in Committed Relationships
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Archbishop Justin Welby Faces Backlash for Remarks on Gay Sex in Committed Relationships

Politics tamfitronics Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby received backlash after claiming that same-sex is not sinful as long as it's within a committed relationship. On "The Rest is Politics" podcast hosted by former Labour spin doctor Alastair Campbell and former Tory MP Rory Stewart, Welby was asked whether he believes gay sex was sinful, a similar question to one he had asked Archbishop Welby in a 2017 interview for GQ magazine. When asked now if he had a "better answer" to that question, Welby said he did."What the Archbishop of York and I, and the bishops, by a majority, by no means unanimous, and the Church is deeply split over this — where we've come to is to say that all sexual activity should be within a committed relationship and whether it's straight or...
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