By: Jordan Twiss More than a decade after it was pitched as a top capital priority for the Saskatchewan Rivers School Division (SRSD), a new school for Shellbrook is finally in the works for the Ministry of Education.
Read MoreSask. budget barely moves the dial
By: Jordan Twiss With another provincial budget season in the rear-view mirror, we’ve effectively reached the halfway point of the Sask. Party government’s current four-year mandate.
Read MoreFarmers, wildlife struggle to find balance
By: Calvin Daniels The agriculture sector generally likes to suggest it is pro wildlife conservation, but that support really seems restricted to wildlife relegated to locales as far away from farm and ranch land as possible.
Read MoreSports mascots are big business
By: Bruce Penton Sports fans may consider team mascots to be: a) entertaining; b) annoying; c) hilarious; d) adding to the game experience. Whatever your view, their existence in sports today is no laughing matter. Mascots are big business.
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Blaine Lake named Sask. Hockeyville winner
By: Jordan Twiss Some may have thought it was a long shot, but as Wayne Gretzky once said, you miss 100 per cent of the shots you don’t take.
Read MoreGovernments failing on fiscal responsibility
By: Jordan Twiss As few of us have experienced it in our lifetimes, it’s unlikely we’ll ever arrive at anything resembling a consensus about what constitutes good governance.
Read MoreWar in Iran will drive up farm costs
By: Calvin Daniels War might be ‘good business’ for some international corporations poised to grab profits amid the upheaval and fear that follows the deployment of troops, but rarely is conflict good news for the average citizen.
Read MoreCrosby’s absence left a huge void in Milan
By: Bruce Penton For Canadian hockey fans, sad was the 2-1 overtime loss to the U.S. in the gold medal game at the Milan/Cortina Olympic Games. Sad, too, was that future Hall of Famer and Canadian captain Sidney Crosby had to watch the game from the press box, nursing a lower-body injury.
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