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Tender moments of love

Tender moments of love

In a pain-filled week of human suffering it would have been easy to think that there wasn't much more to life than that. It we let them, news reports of war, gang rape, killing sprees and more can dominate the air waves and deaden the soul.
An opportunity to express appreciation

An opportunity to express appreciation

For teachers and staff in our schools, next week is not unlike any other in terms of meeting the everyday challenges that today's increasingly diverse student population brings to our hallways and classrooms. The difference is that next week - Feb.
Ordinary people are those who suffer

Ordinary people are those who suffer

Dear Editor The Idle No More movement is trying to save the environment, not corrupt band councils. One of the reasons poverty exists on our reserves is band council misappropriation.
Pension money too important to waste

Pension money too important to waste

Ed, my neighbour next door, is currently on a crusade to save me from myself. When Ed heard I was taking an online college course that costs good money, he choked on his coffee.
Roots and wings

Roots and wings

There's a saying that goes, "There are two things you can give your children: one is roots and the other is wings." But for many of us, our roots in this country don't go very deep.
Need moratorium on GM alfalfa

Need moratorium on GM alfalfa

Dear Editor Monsanto is currently attempting to make its Roundup Ready alfalfa the first genetically modified perennial planted in Canada.
It was written

It was written

I've begun reaming out my office. It's not that there's a lot of trash and I do keep the wastebasket emptied on a regular basis, it's just I find it hard to part with the somewhere around 1,500 articles I've had published.
Ice and snow a hazard of life in Saskatchewan

Ice and snow a hazard of life in Saskatchewan

I am afraid I am going to be a "bad Saskatchewanian" again and ruffle more feathers with more whining about life in general here. You guessed it, my column is about the cold and snowy weather that has made everyone bat crazy.
Millions, billions, trillions, zillions ...

Millions, billions, trillions, zillions ...

Watching the news the other day, my wife and I saw a term that isn't very common - yet. It was peta, and no, not the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, but as a prefix - as in one quadrillion of something.
Biting the hand that feeds

Biting the hand that feeds

Dear Editor There comes a time when you just have to say what's on your mind, especially when you are not the only one thinking it. Put plainly, I'm having difficulties wrapping my mind around the City of North Battleford's tax increases.
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