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Lessons can be learned from election

Lessons can be learned from election

The provincial election in Alberta, which will be all over with by the time you read this, may not impact us as voters and residents of Saskatchewan, but it will play a role in how political issues will be dealt with from this point on, including in
Who is to pay for drugs?

Who is to pay for drugs?

No matter whom I talked to the past week, most conversations came to drugs, marijuana and other consciousness-changing substances.
Opinion: Is automation going to destroy jobs in the oilpatch and in Estevan?

Opinion: Is automation going to destroy jobs in the oilpatch and in Estevan?

Twice in the space of 24 hours, I was tagged on Facebook with relation to a post or story about automation and its threat to jobs. The first post was from a man named Dave Shook, a self-described automation engineer working in the oilpatch.
Is automation going to destroy jobs in the oilpatch and in Estevan?

Is automation going to destroy jobs in the oilpatch and in Estevan?

Twice in the space of 24 hours, I was tagged on Facebook with relation to a post or story about automation and its threat to jobs. The first post was from a man named Dave Shook, a self-described automation engineer working in the oilpatch.
Keep asking this question

Keep asking this question

Several years ago, a friend of mine was watching his son play hockey at the old Civic Auditorium. Throughout the game, fans from both teams were yelling at one another until finally one of them said, “You guys think you are so tough.
Instant information

Instant information

It’s been a little more than a month since the RCMP launched its Rural Crime Watch Notification system. For the most part, it’s been as advertised. People can sign up to receive notifications from as many RCMP detachments as they want.
Cheers and Jeers for April 12

Cheers and Jeers for April 12

Cheers: Cheers to the Power Dodge Estevan Bruins for another great playoff run. It’s been great to see the longer playoff runs the team has enjoyed the last few seasons.
If you’re not an organ donor, then why?

If you’re not an organ donor, then why?

There was never any doubt about it: I was going to be an organ donor. Mom was a nurse for 38 years in B.C. She dedicated her career to helping others in several different cities, whether it be in hospitals or through home care.
Give tribute to our emergency workers

Give tribute to our emergency workers

My Nikkel's Worth column
Rally will not be a one-time event

Rally will not be a one-time event

The foes of the federal carbon tax are not a flash-in-the-pan outfit, content with a one-time show of force and then backing off.
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