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Feds paint misleading picture of Canada's middle class

Feds paint misleading picture of Canada's middle class

Based on a host of indicators, Canada's middle class is actually doing much better relative to past decades
Nova Scotia rationing primary health care

Nova Scotia rationing primary health care

Nova Scotia Health Authority insists on deciding who will have primary-care physicians and who will not, leaving seniors and expecting parents in the lurch
Volunteers backbone of music festival

Volunteers backbone of music festival

Unity News
Repair Quebec's finances by better controlling government pay

Repair Quebec's finances by better controlling government pay

Enact measures that link the wages and benefits of government employees to similar positions in the private sector
Taxing foreigners no answer to Toronto's housing woes

Taxing foreigners no answer to Toronto's housing woes

VANCOUVER, B.C. - The idea of a tax on foreign homebuyers has reared its head in Ontario once again.
Heated QP results in Wotherspoon getting the boot

Heated QP results in Wotherspoon getting the boot

Sometimes, activities in the Legislative Assembly can be similar to what you might see on the ice in a Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League game.
Fallen Battlefords RNWMP Officer to be added to National Memorial in Ottawa

Fallen Battlefords RNWMP Officer to be added to National Memorial in Ottawa

Royal North-West Mounted Police Sgt. Donald Forbes (Reg. No. 4800) will be immortalized on the National Police and Peace Officers' Memorial at Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Sept. 24, nearly a century after he was killed on duty in the Battlefords.
Mistasinîy

Mistasinîy

By Mary Harelkin Bishop Illustrated by Heaven Starr Published by Emmbee Ink and DriverWorks Ink $14.
Six former Bapaume farmers celebrate milestone birthdays

Six former Bapaume farmers celebrate milestone birthdays

Meota News
Husky spill report in hands of Ministry of Justice

Husky spill report in hands of Ministry of Justice

A Ministry of Economy report on the Husky oil spill incident of July 21 2016 is now in the hands of the Ministry of Justice. Energy and Resources Minister Dustin Duncan announced the news Thursday.
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