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Home renovations: beautification or aggravation?

Home renovations: beautification or aggravation?

There’s nothing I enjoy more than thumbing through glossy home décor magazines and imagining all the changes I could make that would transform our home into a showpiece.
These statements may be true or may be false

These statements may be true or may be false

Over the years I have learned a few useless facts, or I should say facts that didn’t have an impact on my life or lifestyle. You decide if the following are true or false.
A letter to Santa reminds St. Nick to consider global warming and not to reverse wishes

A letter to Santa reminds St. Nick to consider global warming and not to reverse wishes

Dear Santa: I just thought that I should let you know that I’ve been a good boy all through 2016, simply because I haven’t had an opportunity to inflict mayhem on anybody.
The Universe from your own back yard - Our neighbourhood on parade

The Universe from your own back yard - Our neighbourhood on parade

Assuming the weather smartens up a bit by the time this article runs, the Moon will be pointing out a few planets in the evening sky. At around 6 p.m.
Things I do with words... Can Yorkton sustain two liquor stores?

Things I do with words... Can Yorkton sustain two liquor stores?

Yorkton is getting a new liquor store. Part of the province’s effort to privatize the sale of alcohol, communities like Yorkton are being positioned as “under-served” and receiving new stores from private companies.
Crime Diary - To publish or not to publish, or both?

Crime Diary - To publish or not to publish, or both?

This week there was another case in court that has me musing over the issue of public interest versus interesting to the public.
Politics - Rural Sask. will feel budget pain

Politics - Rural Sask. will feel budget pain

Breathe deep. This is going to hurt a bit. It’s not something you want to hear form your doctor … or your Finance Minister at a time when he’s just announced the $400 million provincial deficit has just leapt to $1 billion.
Rural Saskatchewan is most likely to feel the budget pain

Rural Saskatchewan is most likely to feel the budget pain

Breathe deep. This is going to hurt a bit. It’s not something you want to hear from your doctor… or your finance minister at a time when he’s just announced the $400 million provincial deficit has just leapt to $1 billion.
Why does Wall refuse to embrace renewable resources?

Why does Wall refuse to embrace renewable resources?

I’ve done the math. Even in these lean times I’ve taken the time from trying to put food on the table to try and understand why Mr.
In memory of Leonard Cohen

In memory of Leonard Cohen

“The day of his death was a dark cold day… “The death of the poet is kept from his poems” (From “In Memory of W.B. Yeats” by W.H. Auden, lines 6, 11) Leonard Cohen was a rare poet, and we are left to ponder the impact of his gifts.
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