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Be on the winning team

Be on the winning team

As I write this article there's an important football game being played. One side has promised to win; the other, to give them a mighty run for their money. Hint: one team will be wearing orange uniforms; the other, green.
Swathing, fixing, swathing and fixing: wheat almost done

Swathing, fixing, swathing and fixing: wheat almost done

Another week of good harvest weather. This is the time of year my hoar frost calendar doesn't work anymore. My wife has something on her phone that predicts the weather for several days ahead. On Tuesday they were saying scattered clouds overnight.
Worker choice would help put Ontario back on track

Worker choice would help put Ontario back on track

Ontario, once Canada's flourishing economic and manufacturing hub, is in steady decline, with slow economic growth and rapidly expanding government debt being a sad yet reoccurring story.
Interest rates and debt about to catch fire

Interest rates and debt about to catch fire

The era of low interest rates may be coming to an end. While interest rates have remained at historic lows since the 2008-09 economic crisis and subsequent slow world economic growth, recent dissent at both the Bank of England and the U.S.
Group insurance and group benefits: know what you have and what you don't have

Group insurance and group benefits: know what you have and what you don't have

If you're an employer or an employee, group insurance is a good thing. For employers, a group insurance plan helps strengthen compensation packages making it easier to recruit and retain quality people.
Sex, lies and physician supply

Sex, lies and physician supply

Among the many reasons offered for why many Canadians are increasingly facing difficulties finding a family physician to call their own is the fact that the workforce has become increasingly female.
Raising the Keystone bar to absurdity

Raising the Keystone bar to absurdity

A new study in the Journal Nature Climate Change is being touted (as they all are) a potential game-changer that proves vast quantities of additional study are needed before pondering whether or not a simple pipeline might be constructed between Albe
Downtown needs to clean up the pigeon mess

Downtown needs to clean up the pigeon mess

Dear Editor It is so wonderful to see some progress taking place in downtown North Battleford with it coming back to life with all the numerous renovations going on. Far too many business places have been closed for so long.
Burger King/Tim Hortons deal a reminder that business taxes matter

Burger King/Tim Hortons deal a reminder that business taxes matter

News that Burger King and Tim Hortons are merging and that the new company will be headquartered in Canada has taken the business and political world by storm. U.S.
Archeology in our son's toy box

Archeology in our son's toy box

It was late, late at night. My wife had long since gone to bed. Yet here I was, conducting what I realized was archeology in our son's toy box.
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