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Spring brings sunshine and salaries

About 80,000 public servants in Ontario have made the Sunshine List this year, the annual salary disclosure of all public employees who make more than $100,000.

Kicking corporate welfare bums to the curb

The Saskatchewan film industry is up in arms because on March 21, the provincial government announced in its budget that the film tax credit was getting chopped.

NDP gives budget a failing grade

Although the reaction to the 2012 budget has been largely positive, the opposition NDP is clearly less than impressed with the document Finance Minister Ken Krawetz delivered last Wednesday in the provincial legislature.

Sacrifices in free trade potential problem

For several years, free trade has become the key focus of foreign trade policy in both Canada and around the world, starting in earnest with the initial free trade deal inked with the United States.

Masters week: wall to wall Tiger Woods

It's Masters week, which means it's: a) the unofficial start of spring; b) golf's first major of the season; and c) the beginning of wall-to-wall Golf Channel coverage of Tiger Woods.

Pass the Potatoes, Please

Many or most of you know that my passion is family. I grew up in a great family and we lived in a wonderful home. Our home was one that was created and specifically designed to grow a strong family.

Estevan MLA focuses on bright side of budget

Eagles acknowledges the dark edges too

Cats: The Experience

I went to the musical Cats! Tuesday in Regina. They were handing out tickets at work and I figured, "Why not?" I had never been to a professional musical before, at least not that I can remember.

Wetlands play key role in flood prevention

Undesired effects of draining the sloughs on Saskatchewan's farmland could be seen with greater frequency if the practice isn't reversed.

Does Earth Hour inspire any further action from the public?

He said Earth Hour is an initiative of the World Wildlife Foundation that is certainly a noble one.
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