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Sask Party still shortchanging healthcare

Staff October 23, 2025October 22, 2025 0 comment

By: Jordan Twiss As the old saying goes, if you want something done right, you should do it yourself.But if, for some reason, you want something done wrong – say in twice the amount of time and at triple the cost – then it’s probably a job best suited for government.

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Trump’s tariffs should open new trade doors

Staff October 23, 2025October 22, 2025 0 comment

By: Calvin Daniels In an announcement that can be a surprise to no one, U.S. President Donald Trump rolled out a new round of tariffs, this time an additional 100 per cent tariff on goods from China, on top of the 30 per cent tariffs already in effect, starting Nov. 1, or sooner.

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McDavid contract a great deal for Oilers

Staff October 23, 2025October 22, 2025 0 comment

By: Bruce Penton Connor McDavid could have asked for the moon, and Edmonton Oilers’ owner Daryl Katz would have somehow arranged to have it pulled from the sky.

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Trump’s ‘truths’ reshape reality

Staff October 16, 2025October 16, 2025 0 comment

By: Jordan Twiss Last week, as they celebrated the 85th annual National Newspapers Week, those who work in the news business called on the public to aid them in protecting the truth by ensuring they get their news from credible, fact-checked news sources.

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Agriculture is critical to small communities

Staff October 16, 2025 0 comment

By: Calvin Daniels When one looks at the modern machinery of a Canadian Prairie harvest, it seems almost like something out of a Robert A. Heinlein or Isaac Asimov novel I might have read as a youth in the late 1960s or into the 1970s.

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Are CFL changes ‘Americanizing’ our game?

Staff October 16, 2025October 16, 2025 0 comment

By: Bruce Penton It didn’t take new Canadian Football League commissioner Stewart Johnston long to become a household name among football fans north of the border.

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Global trends show threats to free press

Staff October 9, 2025October 6, 2025 0 comment

By: Jordan Twiss This year, for the 85th year, Canadians who work in the news business have the privilege of celebrating National Newspapers Week from Oct. 5 to Oct. 11.

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Commodity prices cratered by tariff wars

Staff October 9, 2025October 6, 2025 0 comment

By: Calvin Daniels It was with little surprise I scanned a recent article online which suggested agricultural commodity prices could be in for a sustained downturn.

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NHL’s hot topics waiting for answers

Staff October 9, 2025October 6, 2025 0 comment

By: Bruce Penton Fringe players in the National Hockey League will have special reason to enjoy the 2025-26 season, which gets under way this week, thanks to a nearly three-week break — book those Caribbean vacations, boys — smack dab in the middle of the 82-game regular season.

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Richmound’s nightmare could have been avoided

Staff October 2, 2025September 30, 2025 0 comment

By: Jordan Twiss “Nobody cared about the small town in southwest Saskatchewan.”That’s how Richmound, Sask., Mayor Brad Miller assessed the waking nightmare his community has been living through since the Kingdom of Canada cult, led by conspiracy theorist and “Queen of Canada” Romana Didulo, moved in to the old Richmound School two years ago.

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