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Let's Talk Taxes - Time to end corporate welfare

Let's Talk Taxes - Time to end corporate welfare

With oil prices down substantially, Premier Brad Wall appears to be hunting for ways to save money.
Editorial Cartoon

Editorial Cartoon

Editorial - Lobbying for status quo

Editorial - Lobbying for status quo

CIt would have been an interesting place to be this past few days as the Saskatchewan Urban Municipality Association held its 110th Convention in Saskatoon.
Politics - Conservatives sitting pretty in rural Sask.

Politics - Conservatives sitting pretty in rural Sask.

It’s been 15 years since Saskatchewan voters last elected an NDP MP and as long since rural voters choose anyone other than a conservative.
Common bonds; birthplace and fishing

Common bonds; birthplace and fishing

Welcome to Week CXLII of ‘Fishing Parkland Shorelines’. Like most of us I am a novice fisherman, loving to fish, but far from an expert.
Thinking Critically - University of Alberta prof fights celeb pseudoscience

Thinking Critically - University of Alberta prof fights celeb pseudoscience

I have a new hero. Timothy Caulfield is a professor and Canada research chair in health law and policy.
Crime Diary - Ending homelessness is possible

Crime Diary - Ending homelessness is possible

I have struggled over the years regarding the question of whether motivation matters in accomplishing social progress. The classic example was McDonalds changing its packaging to be more environmentally friendly.
Stackhouse Soapbox - Irony bites writer in a rear ender

Stackhouse Soapbox - Irony bites writer in a rear ender

I was a victim of irony last week. While in Humboldt for the Saskatchewan Safety Council Skid Smart course, I was on a lunch break and got rear ended at a stop light.
View From The Cheap Seats - Geeking out on fictional monsters

View From The Cheap Seats - Geeking out on fictional monsters

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 - Canada is trading away its environmental rights

Science Matters - Canada is trading away its environmental rights

In 1997, Canada restricted import and transfer of the gasoline additive MMT because it was a suspected neurotoxin that had already been banned in Europe. Ethyl Corp., the U.S.
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