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Your job may determine your vote

Your job may determine your vote

It was the 2003 election campaign when it really dawned on me that the great voter-divide in Saskatchewan isn't necessarily geographically or even the much-talked-about urban-rural split. It's often based on your occupation.
Report shows Canada must do more for its oceans

Report shows Canada must do more for its oceans

It's been 20 years since Canada's East Coast cod fishery collapsed, and we still have no recovery target or timeline for rebuilding populations.
Letters to the Editor - Nurses earn their wages in many ways

Letters to the Editor - Nurses earn their wages in many ways

Dear Editor: I received a communication from a Registered Nurse friend of mine this week and she stated that, "someone actually printed out the salaries of hospital emloyees and took it to coffee row...
Yorkton makes W5

Yorkton makes W5

Yorkton was in the spotlight on the CTV news program W5 on Saturday night as Lloyd Robertson came to our city to profile the Kim Walker murder case. The whole thing is unbelievably sad.
Don't miss out on the seed festival

Don't miss out on the seed festival

If you ever watch any cooking programs on TV, or regularly read any cooking magazines, you've probably noticed that there seems to be a new emphasis on using and eating locally grown food.
Why God gave me a desk job

Why God gave me a desk job

I know how to work the topside of toilets. And since God fitted me primarily for desk-type jobs, I've been content to leave their bottomsides to plumbers.
Roaming charge costs unknown

Roaming charge costs unknown

The story of a Weyburn family who racked up a $10,000 bill on roaming charges while on holidays to the United States is a remarkable one.
Science literacy is good for society

Science literacy is good for society

Kids ask questions. Sometimes adults feel inadequate if they don't have ready answers. But when I became a teacher, I learned quickly that there's nothing wrong with saying, "I don't know.
Join the local genealogy society

Join the local genealogy society

Do you have an "information expert" in your family? Someone who keeps track of the weddings, the funerals, the baptisms? Someone who knows where Cousin Ned moved to after he left the farm back in 1938, or how many children your second cousin Sally ha
MPs should have free speech on pensions

MPs should have free speech on pensions

You likely noticed the fuss kicked up by Saskatoon Humboldt MP Brad Trost over the "ironclad" discipline demanded by the federal governments like Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservative regime.