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Working around your genetic fate

Working around your genetic fate

Do you ever wonder if genetics play a role in your body's shape? Well ... they do. This can be a very good thing, or a very tough thing, depending on which type you are.
Due attention

Due attention

Doing too many things at one time usually results in things being done poorly. Just look at anyone who tries to have a conversation while texting.
Idle No More must remain grass roots

Idle No More must remain grass roots

Dear Editor Have you ever seen so much jumping onto the band-wagon as with the Idle No More movement? Out from the shadows are jumping political parasites and "wannabes" trying to co-opt and horn in on the Idle No More movement in order to serve them
If I don't get a galaxy, can I at least have a planet?

If I don't get a galaxy, can I at least have a planet?

A few years ago I wrote about how the Hubble Space Telescope had discovered so many galaxies, there was surely enough to name just one after little old me. So far, no one has emailed me the co-ordinates to the Zinchuk galaxy. I'm still waiting.
Happy 2013

Happy 2013

Well, the hype of the season is past and the reality of another year faces us. After typing and deleting a dozen or so sentences exhorting myself and you, my readers, to look back over 2012, I eliminated them all.
Where's the grammar?

Where's the grammar?

Dear Editor Shocking is the fact that Brian Zinchuk, in his position with a newspaper, would publish his daughter's grammatical errors for the public to read.
Newsmaker of the Year award hardly an honor

Newsmaker of the Year award hardly an honor

The dawn of a new year is the usual time for newspapers to run year-end reviews and the usual lists by editors of the top stories of the year gone by. I've written up more than my fair share of such stories lately.
Box Office Year in Review 2012

Box Office Year in Review 2012

Welcome to my annual Box Office Year in Review, where I review the domestic grosses of the movies that made it into theatres across North America. It was a year in which tragic events in the United States overshadowed the box office.
Less schooling can mean more learning

Less schooling can mean more learning

Dear Editor The Saskatchewan government has done the math and determined that 950 hours of instructional time is better than 197 days.
North Battleford, which side are we on?

North Battleford, which side are we on?

Dear Editor In 2013, there are a number of events scheduled in North Battleford that celebrate 100 years of colonialism and consequently promotes the historical erasure of the ongoing genocide that is taking place in our community.
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