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Lost key means no access to mail at post office

Dear Editor: I have a feeling most people in town can relate to – frustration with the local post office. I had misplaced my post...

Farming has become big business

How prosperous Saskatchewan agriculture has become is evident in a couple of recent developments. The first comes in the less-than-pleasing news from Agriculture Minister Lyle...

Not too late to do the right thing

Dear Editor: A few days ago, some newspapers in Saskatchewan displayed the following headline. “In future liquor stores will be private.” It follows that the...

10 facts about Canada’s oil industry

I’m cheating a little bit with this week’s column. It’s not really cheating, it’s more like a sharing of work. You see, I recently...

Teacher Appreciation Week offers opportunities

Dear Editor: For teachers and staff in our schools, this week is not unlike any other in terms of meeting the everyday challenges that today’s...

Is the Sask. boom coming to an end?

It may not yet be evident, based on the number of new trucks on your main streets or the new houses still being built,...

Federal Gov’t needs to invest in affordable housing

Dear Editor: While cities and provinces are working hard on the pressing lack of affordable housing for Canadians, MP Ed Komarnicki and the Conservatives are...

Economics of labour shortage flawed

I find it funny how people like engineers, politicians and economists can sit in an office that is hundreds, or even thousands, of miles...

Golf’s spotlight on No. 1 McIlroy

For the first time since the late 1990s, the early-season focus on the PGA Tour is on somebody other than Tiger Woods. For the past...

Rising property taxes a bad omen

Perhaps it's only appropriate that hints of rising property taxes are the first hint that Saskatchewan Party government may be sailing towards troubled waters. The...

Provincial News

FURBER – Kenneth Walter

We are sad to announce that Ken Furber passed peacefully at home in his sleep on Monday, March 30, 2026. Ken was a tenacious...

STRATTON – Heather

STEVENSON – Douglas A.

MOHR – Jacqueline Kay