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To tackle obesity in Canada, we need strategies that offer health education and support, not another tax on the poor

By Cheri Helstrom Published by DriverWorks Ink $16.95 ISBN 978-1-927570-27-2 Change is inevitable. Some changes are so massive that they can change one’s life – dramatically and permanently.

When it comes right down to it, words are just words. They can hurt but sometimes they do not have to. One word that bugs me is nerd as an insult.

Playoff basketball is always crazy but the Toronto Raptors are giving their strong fan base the most crazy of playoff runs.

From the Top of the Pile

Dear Editor I appreciate the editor’s reference (“New Beginnings late to fundraising task") to my work at the beginning of the decision-making process that has led to the construction of the new Saskatchewan Hospital.

Dear Editor I am absolutely shocked and angered that the health region has the gall to approach city council to fund the furnishing of a provincial facility.

Reducing class sizes is a costly initiative with little payback

Every now and again amalgamation pops up on the local political landscape. This time it was North Battleford mayor Ian Hamilton speaking on the possible benefits of merging the governments of the City of North Battleford and Town of Battleford.

By Harold Johnson Published by Thistledown Press
Review $19.95; ISBN 978-1-77187-051-1 (pbk.) Corvus is a novel that repays the reader’s persistence.