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Submitted by CTF On Jan. 1, Saskatchewan will again index its tax brackets to inflation to stop taxpayers from unfairly paying higher income taxes.

Kobe Bryant, toilet paper, and Donald Trump are among the topics Canadians were the most interested in this year

The New Year is always a good time to talk about beginnings and fresh starts. With that in mind, I wrote a little story on the birth of a child, since there’s nothing that leaves us with brighter expectation and hope.

Prisoner’s advocacy group Beyond Prison Walls Canada sent a letter to the Office of the Correctional Investigator Wednesday of last week saying that the rights of inmates at Saskatchewan Penitentiary are being violated as COVID-19 spreads in the faci

According to the Dec. 24 and 27 COVID-19 updates from the province, the number of hospitalizations of COVID-19 patients have been under-reported. Some who have remained in hospital after testing negative have been counted as recovered. Dec.

The Ilex, or holly, is a genus that is widespread throughout the temperate and subtropical regions of the world. It includes species of trees, shrubs and climbers, some with evergreen and some with deciduous foliage.

There are 559 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on December 27, 2020, bringing the provincial total to date to 14,814 cases. Today’s data update includes information for December 25, 26 and 27.

If ever there was a tough Christmas, at least for a lot of us, it’s Christmas 2020. I won’t really miss the work involved in putting up and taking down the tree, but that’s only because no one can come to share its beauty with us.

The COVID-19 pandemic has provided an inspiration for this piece of embroidery made by Marcella Pedersen.

Many people believe that the holiday festivities come to a close after ringing in the new year, but in fact, for the faithful, the Christmas season does not end until Jan. 6 (Jan. 12 in Eastern churches). Jan.