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Parties should pay their own way

Governments spend money on all kinds of foolish things from robotic Christmas trees, to beer growlers to pensions for former members of Parliament who...

Pool owner questions city’s actions

Dear Editor: This letter is in regards to the article in the Melville Advance on July 24; the article about the woman who feels the...

How will you buy pot?

It won’t be long before you will be able to walk into a store and buy pot — better known as cannabis or marijuana....

RCMP members deserve honours for their role in protecting Parliament

Why was the story re-written? The account of the Parliament Hill attack last Oct. 22 when Michael Zehaf-Bibeau stormed Parliament Hill with the intent...

Put the money where it’s needed

An election is coming. Canada’s 150th Celebrations are coming, and — while we could paint the town red and would love to pave the...

We can’t be naïve any longer

A young man calmly walks down the street in a small town. He looks like an average youth today. He has a hooded jacket...

Govt ads must deliver substance

Each week more than 1,000 English and French community newspapers just like the Melville Advance go about the business of telling stories that matter...

CTF “15 for 2015” election wish list

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) has released its top 15 policy wish list for the 2015 federal election. “We believe these policies — some small,...

Who’s footing the bill?

Are you sick of it yet? The election campaign that is. After nearly a month of hearing election talk – and still another more...

Grenfell residents now getting second-class care

Dear Editor: I could not agree more with Colin Traub’s letter in the Sept. 8 edition lamenting the loss of local primary care at...

Provincial News

Yorkton RCMP charge two males with kidnapping with a firearm

Yorkton RCMP charged two males with kidnapping with a firearm after a victim was forcefully taken from a residential property in Yorkton, SK. On January...