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Thinking critically - Corporate boycotts are a sticky issue

Thinking critically - Corporate boycotts are a sticky issue

On CBC this weekend, Jim Brown, host of The 180 interviewed Molly Sauter a McGill University PhD candidate who says corporate boycotts of political jurisdictions that pass anti-LGBTQ laws are undemocratic.
Crime Diary - ‘This is a stickup’ ‘May I see some ID, please?’

Crime Diary - ‘This is a stickup’ ‘May I see some ID, please?’

Dumbass criminals getting caught by flashing ID may be more common than you think It’s been a while since I’ve done a dumbass criminals column, so I went looking for some new good ones.
View from The Cheap Seats - Looking back at favoured interviews

View from The Cheap Seats - Looking back at favoured interviews

View from the Cheap Seats is kind of an extension of the newsroom. Whenever our three regular reporters, Calvin Daniels, Thom Barker and Randy Brenzen are in the building together, it is frequently a site of heated debate.
Science matters - Nature calms the brain, heals the body

Science matters - Nature calms the brain, heals the body

For the most part, our brains didn’t evolve in cities. But in a few decades, almost 70 per cent of the world’s people will live in urban environments. Despite the prosperity we associate with cities, urbanization presents a major health challenge.
Cal's Comic Corner - Comic about Canada

Cal's Comic Corner - Comic about Canada

Wolf TBP Vol #1: Blood and Magic Written by Ales Kot Art by Matt Taylor Image Comics I’m not exactly sure what was going on in this great book for most of it, and I still use the word great. Ales Kot has as a strange tale going on here.
Gardener's Notebook - Take time to visit Sonja’s garden

Gardener's Notebook - Take time to visit Sonja’s garden

The next meeting of the Yorkton and District Horticultural Society will be on Wednesday, April 20 at 7:00 p.m. at SIGN on North Street.
Sunny Side Up - Audience with an artist

Sunny Side Up - Audience with an artist

I toured the working studio of Nanaimo artist Carole Reid one day. An easel stood in the corner. Unusual tools and creations in process filled the work surfaces. Finished art, sketches and project ideas decorated the walls.
Music Reviews - CD vocal style grows on you

Music Reviews - CD vocal style grows on you

Parquet Courts- Human Performance Parquet Courts are a pleasantly surprising original, highly intelligent post punk, art-rock quartet from New York City’s Brooklyn burrow.
Stackhouse Soapbox - Time to dump video replays

Stackhouse Soapbox - Time to dump video replays

I never thought I’d find myself in the corner where I would rather watch a sporting event and despise the notion of checking with the instant replay camera to make sure the correct call was made, but I’ve come full circle on this issue.
Wave goodbye

Wave goodbye

By Gail Krawetz I just had to invest in a new flat iron which I use to straighten my unruly hair.
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