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.

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.

By: Jordan Twiss In the spring of 2023, it seemed like the sky was the limit for Saskatchewan’s canola producers.

By: Jordan Twiss For the second time in the past three months, it seems I’ve no choice but to fall back on words I’ve previously written about the overheated political climate in North America (and the United States, in particular) and the inevitability of it breeding political violence.

By: Jordan Twiss Though everyone knew it was coming – well, everyone who cares about the federal NDP, at least – the arrival of September brought with it the official launch of the NDP’s search for a replacement for former Leader Jagmeet Singh.

By: Jordan Twiss It took a little longer than expected to get there, but when Parliament resumes on Sept. 15, Canadians can expect it to mark the beginning of the four-year heavyweight showdown between Prime Minister Mark Carney and newly re-elected Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre.

By: Jordan Twiss There are few things the federal Liberal and Conservative Parties won’t argue over, but one of their most enduring debates is about which of them is the best when it comes to the interests of workers.

By: Jordan Twiss It’s been nearly two years since the Sask Party government introduced its Parents’ Bill of Rights, imposing the law by pre-emptively enacting the notwithstanding clause to thwart legal challenges filed by LGBTQ+ advocacy groups.

By: Jordan Twiss By now, after thousands of years of organizing societies under all sorts of governments, you’d think humans might have figured out what role they want governments to play in their lives.

By: Jordan Twiss In general, elections are pretty simple affairs – where voters are concerned, at least.While there’s always a small group of undecided voters, who either can’t make up their minds or are waiting to see each party’s platform, most know which party they’ll be voting for before the shiny promises are rolled out.