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Company fined for unlawful waste disposal

Company fined for unlawful waste disposal

A Saskatchewan company was recently fined for unlawfully establishing a waste disposal ground without a permit. The charge stemmed from a call to a Ministry of Environment office in July of 2013.
Scott Woods takes on the Canadian fiddle

Scott Woods takes on the Canadian fiddle

Canada has had a long, rich history of fiddle music, from coast to coast and everywhere in between. Scott Woods is set to explore all of them, and his new show “Fiddling in the Key of... Eh?” is a Canadian celebration of our fiddle music.
Editorial Cartoon

Editorial Cartoon

Tax system is overcomplicated

As deadline day approaches for filing personal income tax returns, Canadians are being forced to wrestle with an ever evolving tax system that is much more complicated than it was in the 1990s, finds a new study by the Fraser Institute, an independen

Federal budget right on track

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) applauded the government’s 2015-16 federal budget, one that will show a small surplus after seven years of debt-accumulating deficits.

Things I do with words... Difficult for lotteries and privacy to go together

A recent lottery winner doesn’t want anyone to know they won the lottery. The person who won the $50 million prize is trying to maintain their anonymity, and so far has been able to do so, though they haven’t received any of the money they are owed.

Current coverage working well

To the Editor The experience of other nations shows there are several options for introducing a universal drug insurance program, and it should not be based on the single-payer government-run option currently being debated in Canada, concludes a new

Budget lacks economic boost

To the Editor: In many ways the federal budget wasn’t all that surprising.

Budget helping a select few

To the Editor: There’s growing controversy about Stephen Harper’s changes to “Tax-Free Savings Accounts” (TFSAs), especially compared to how he chopped the old age pension a few years ago.
Undercover investigation catches poachers

Undercover investigation catches poachers

An undercover investigation by the Ministry of Environment to stop an illegal fish trafficking ring in northern Saskatchewan has netted 15 charges under Saskatchewan’s Out­fitter and Guide Regulations and The Fisheries Act and Regulations, and more t
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