The Saskatchewan government says municipalities and school divisions can postpone their elections today, if necessary, due to a record-setting snowfall and hazardous conditions on the roads.

Government Relations Minister Lori Carr says in a news release that she signed a ministerial order allowing each municipality's returning officer to postpone its local election.

The order says elections can be put off to a date on or before Nov. 25.

The province notes that the order does not mean all elections across the province are postponed, but authorizes it in areas hit hard by the snowstorm.

It asks local returning officers to communicate any changes clearly with citizens.

The province says the government's priority is the  safety of citizens.

Winter slammed into much of Western Canada over the weekend. Heavy winds and snowfall blanketed a wide swath spanning from much of southern Alberta and the Edmonton region to northern Manitoba.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 9, 2020.

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