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Property taxes a heavy burden

Dear Editor: The recent tax notices have definitely shocked a lot of people  and unfortunately put a lot of people into a financial hardship. From...

The most Canadian column I’ve ever written

This may in fact be the most Canadian column I have ever written. On July 1 our great nation will celebrate its 148th birthday. And...

Why is Komarnicki cutting food inspection?

In June, MP Ed Komarnicki chose to make significant cuts to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency by voting in favour of the Conservative omnibus...

Wall must do more on carbon capture

There is no question that Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall was where he should have been in the final days of the spring legislative sitting...

We are Canada – that place above the USA

Canada is about to turn 147 years old on July 1st. Canada – you know, the place where snow, maple syrup, poutine and Celine Dion...

My addiction to a sweet drug

Beware – there is a recently discovered drug on the street. And it’s bad. It’s very, VERY bad. What makes this new drug so terrible...

Is Wall lying or hiding behind his true colors?

Dear Editor: Murray Mandryk’s 700 word rebuke of Brad Walls crown privatization record leaves much to be desired (Leader Post Feb. 13 2012). Let’s get Wall’s...

Tough decisions are never easy to make

My father once told me that in the business of newspapers, if you don’t piss everyone off at least once during your lifetime, then...

Fed. budget strains relations with rural Sask.

There is no doubt that the federal Conservative government has been farmer-and rural friendly. Solid rural support is why the Conservatives have captured 12 or...

My New Year’s resolutions

It’s that time of year again when people try to improve themselves by making New Year’s resolutions. For me, a resolution has become something...

Provincial News

10-year-old killed in ATV rollover near Bredenbury

On May 27, 2025 at approximately 8:20 p.m., Yorkton RCMP received a report of a side-by-side rollover on a grid road in a rural...