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OPINION: Salary cuts should start at the top

OPINION: Salary cuts should start at the top

Times are so tough in this province that it’s time for front line workers to give up 3.5 per cent of their wages. That’s what the provincial government is asking its workers to do, but we should have a look at what’s happening at the top.
Free land to CP erupts as issue in Question period

Free land to CP erupts as issue in Question period

With the legislature back in session on April 24 after its one-week Easter break opposition leader Trent Wotherspoon was once again in fighting form denouncing government scandal in Question Period.
New lamps for old: the Assyrians settled near the Battlefords more than 100 years ago

New lamps for old: the Assyrians settled near the Battlefords more than 100 years ago

Recently, long-time North Battleford resident, Margaret Beach – a direct descendent of the original Assyrians who migrated from the Middle East to Battleford in 1903 – suggested that 114 years after they arrived in this area might be a good time to w
Parents have the power to protect kids online

Parents have the power to protect kids online

Horizon School Division brought in Dr. Alec Couros as part of both their Student Day 2017 and a workshop for parents, Raising the Selfie Generation on April 25.
Water level issues are eye opening

Water level issues are eye opening

Recently I had the pleasure of going to the Quill Lakes Watershed Association No. 14 public meeting in Naicam and what I heard was astonishing.
OPINION: Civic taxes too complex

OPINION: Civic taxes too complex

It’s time to simplify how civic governments talk about municipal property tax. The biggest offender is what’s called the mill rate, which taxes a property owner based on the assessed value of the property they own.
LETTER: This fracking problem

LETTER: This fracking problem

It’s time to clean up this fracking mess. According to a new study out of the five heavily-fracked counties in the northeast part of Pennsylvania (Susquehanna, Bradford, Wyoming, Lycoming and Tioga) the number of deaths from 2003-06 vs.
When a court case makes your kids wonder where they will go to school

When a court case makes your kids wonder where they will go to school

It’s not often a court case has your kid asking you where they’re going to be going to school.
Ten years of writing about the movies

Ten years of writing about the movies

Welcome to the Cairns on Cinema Tenth Anniversary column! Now, those of you out there who can put two and two together are probably going: ‘this makes no sense.
Celebrating spring with the hydrangea

Celebrating spring with the hydrangea

Potted hydrangeas (Hydrangea macrophylla) in blue, pink, mauve, bicolour or white should be available at local florists and retailers now for Easter and later, in greater supply, for Mother’s Day.
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