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- ↑ "Sask. Premier appoints cabinet". The Globe and Mail. November 21, 2007. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
- ↑ "Sask. gets new finance minister". CBC News. June 29, 2010. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
- ↑ "Finance Minister Ken Krawetz won't run in next election". CBC News. April 28, 2014. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
- ↑ "Kevin Doherty to finance in cabinet shuffle for Saskatchewan". CBC News. May 21, 2015. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
- ↑ "Wall shuffles cabinet; appoints new Sask. finance minister". CTV News. May 21, 2015. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
- ↑ "Deputy Premier Ken Krawetz receives Ukraine's highest honour". Wadena News. Wadena, Saskatchewan. January 21, 2009. p. 1.
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