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Being fair-minded is part of a politician's job description

Being fair-minded is part of a politician's job description

Maybe it’s not fair to single out Saskatchewan’s New Democratic Party (NDP) opposition for sowing the seeds of division in our world through partisanship.
Waldeck resident asks Brad Wall to stop denying his privatization plans

Waldeck resident asks Brad Wall to stop denying his privatization plans

In 2012, Crown corporations SaskTel, SaskPower, SaskEnergy, SGI, SaskGaming and ISC earned $524.9 million in profits and returned $325.5 million in dividends to government coffers.
How are they going to fill the $600 million hole left from oil's decline?

How are they going to fill the $600 million hole left from oil's decline?

Around this time in November, the provincial finance minister traditionally provides the fall budget update, letting the people of Saskatchewan know how well we are doing.
Most endangered ecosystem on the planet is a subject close to home

Most endangered ecosystem on the planet is a subject close to home

There is much interest in the fate of the world’s varied ecosystems.
Tell me a story

Tell me a story

All of us have that certain family member or friend who has the knack for telling a great story.
Humour and its many types are the best medicine for the body

Humour and its many types are the best medicine for the body

Humour provides amusement and provokes laughter.
Old English can be used in present time to amusing results

Old English can be used in present time to amusing results

My Norwegian nephews and nieces told me during one of my visits that I speak ancient Norwegian. Well, the Norwegian language has evolved over the close to 50 years I have lived in Canada. The English language has evolved as well.
Things I do with words... It will soon make sense to go electric in Sask

Things I do with words... It will soon make sense to go electric in Sask

While I wouldn’t quite call myself an electric vehicle skeptic, I have been a bit of a realist about the vehicles.
The Universe from your own back yard - How far can you see? Really, really far

The Universe from your own back yard - How far can you see? Really, really far

If you are up at 6 or 7 a.m. on the 24th, a glance out an east-facing window will give you a nice view of the waning crescent Moon about 5 degrees above Jupiter, or on the 25th, 5 degrees below.
Crime Diary - Child abandonment or lapse of judgment?

Crime Diary - Child abandonment or lapse of judgment?

It could have ended very badly. Last week in Regina a woman left her sleeping baby in her running vehicle to run into a store. It is disturbing that anybody could succumb to such a bad idea, but I do understand the impulse.
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