January, 2009

John Gormley

The Forgotten Saskatchewanian -- Oops

posted by John Gormley
January 7th, 2009

We in the media, like every other Canadian, have been justifiably proud of the young Saskatchewan hockey stars of tomorrow who featured so prominently in the Team Canada win in the World Junior Hockey Championships.

Everywhere you turn there are the names:   Jordan Eberle, Colton Teubert and Dustin Tokarski.  And we're proud of them.

As is the inclination this time of year, allow me a few fearless political predictions for 2009.

Closest to home, City Hall elections will held in October.  In Saskatoon, where Mayor Don Atchison told me several months ago that he'd be running for re-election, expect to see Atch handily returned for a third term.

In Regina, where popular three-term Mayor Pat Fiacco has been more circumspect  on his re-election plans, should Mayor Pat run for a fourth time, expect him to be easily returned too.