Regina police investigating property damage report at Sask. Party candidate's campaign office
Party says candidate Rahul Singh's office targeted
Regina police say property damage at a Regina campaign office was not from gunshots, despite comments Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe made at a campaign stop Tuesday morning.
While speaking in Prince Albert, Sask., Moe said the campaign office of Rahul Singh, candidate for Regina Northeast, had been damaged on Monday night.
"We'll allow the Regina city police … to do their work into some level of criminality in a what appears to be a gunshot that has been fired at their campaign office overnight," Moe said.
Moe also said Singh's campaign has seen more than 100 election signs go missing or damaged.
Regina police confirmed Tuesday that they had determined the damage was not the result of a firearm.
Police say they got a report about property damage in the 1600 block of Dewdney Avenue E. around 7:30 p.m. CST on Monday. A spokesperson said officers went to the scene Tuesday and found "two small holes in two separate windows."
Singh spoke with CBC News at his office shortly after Moe made his comments.
He said campaign volunteers had found two holes in the windows of his campaign office, but they weren't sure when the holes appeared.
Singh said he wants to make sure his team feels safe while working on his campaign.
"I am not here to blame anybody. That's not what we want to do. And all I want to say is we're still focused on our campaign. We're still knocking doors. We're going to keep doing it," said Singh.
Final stretch
With provincial elections wrapped up in B.C. (sort of) and New Brunswick, attention is on the Saskatchewan campaign.
Five days of early voting started Tuesday and party leaders are on the road with events across the province.
Moe's appearance with local candidates in Prince Albert on Tuesday was meant to rally supporters as Voting Week kicks off.
He once again issued a warning against vote-splitting, a refrain he's used before.
"Vote early and don't be a vote splitter," he said, re-issuing a warning he first delivered on Monday.
NDP Leader Carla Beck was in Moose Jaw on Tuesday morning and is set to speak to the Regina Medical Staff Association in the evening.
On Monday, Beck appeared on CBC Radio's Blue Sky for an in-depth interview. All of the leaders of Saskatchewan political parties running in the election have been featured on the program, except for Scott Moe and the Sask. Party, who declined the invitation to take part.
Elections Saskatchewan opened 303 polling stations across the province for early voting, which runs 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. CST from Oct. 22 to 26. Voting is paused on Sunday, Oct. 27, before the last day of voting on Oct. 28.
Elections Saskatchewan anticipates the vote counting will last until midnight. The government banned the use of vote tabulation machines last year.
On Monday, New Brunswick voters ended six years of Progressive Conservative government and elected a Liberal majority led by Susan Holt, who will become the first woman to serve as premier in that province's history.
That followed the Oct. 19 provincial election in B.C. where the incumbent NDP is in a dead heat with the Conservatives after the initial vote count.
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With files from The Canadian Press