The modern logo, showing a yellow swoosh across a green background, replaces the ochre-yellow wheat logo that's been in use since the NDP government was in power in the 1970s.

There was a public outcry in 2007 when the newly elected Saskatchewan Party government tried to ditch the wheat sheaf logo, which has been on provincial letterhead, signs and vehicles since 1977.

The Saskatchewan government demanded that a Twitter user take down a post that used the government's logo without permission. (Bryan Eneas/CBC News) Social Sharing ...