Premier Scott Moe posted on social media last night that Saskatchewan has lost a true community builder. Referring to him as a proud son of Carrot River and one of Saskatoon’s most generous philanthropists, Moe says Joseph Remai has passed away.

Last year the real estate developer and founder of the Remai Group donated $25 million to Saskatchewan Polytechnic. To acknowledge donation, which Sask Polytech says is the largest gift from an individual the institution has ever received, the new Saskatoon campus to be built at Innovation Place will be named the Saskatchewan Polytechnic, Joseph A. Remai Saskatoon Campus.