By: Calvin Daniels A long held belief by many is that government is employee-fat.In the last number of years the private sector has often opted to improve the bottom line by trimming staff positions, saving those wages and offloading responsibilities to others, or to improve systems and technology. The general assumption is that this should […]
Read MoreJays’ goal in ’26: Just one more step
By: Bruce Penton There’s only one way the Toronto Blue Jays can improve on their 2025 Major League Baseball season and fans don’t have to go to Google or Dan Shulman to find out the simple answer: Win the World Series.
Read MoreSask. budget barely moves the dial
By: Jordan Twiss With another provincial budget season in the rear-view mirror, we’ve effectively reached the halfway point of the Sask. Party government’s current four-year mandate.
Read MoreFarmers, wildlife struggle to find balance
By: Calvin Daniels The agriculture sector generally likes to suggest it is pro wildlife conservation, but that support really seems restricted to wildlife relegated to locales as far away from farm and ranch land as possible.
Read MoreSports mascots are big business
By: Bruce Penton Sports fans may consider team mascots to be: a) entertaining; b) annoying; c) hilarious; d) adding to the game experience. Whatever your view, their existence in sports today is no laughing matter. Mascots are big business.
Read MoreGovernments failing on fiscal responsibility
By: Jordan Twiss As few of us have experienced it in our lifetimes, it’s unlikely we’ll ever arrive at anything resembling a consensus about what constitutes good governance.
Read MoreWar in Iran will drive up farm costs
By: Calvin Daniels War might be ‘good business’ for some international corporations poised to grab profits amid the upheaval and fear that follows the deployment of troops, but rarely is conflict good news for the average citizen.
Read MoreCrosby’s absence left a huge void in Milan
By: Bruce Penton For Canadian hockey fans, sad was the 2-1 overtime loss to the U.S. in the gold medal game at the Milan/Cortina Olympic Games. Sad, too, was that future Hall of Famer and Canadian captain Sidney Crosby had to watch the game from the press box, nursing a lower-body injury.
Read MoreNebulous war will make world more dangerous
By: Jordan Twiss In 2011 (and again in 2012 and 2013), before his lofty political ambitions became clear, current U.S. President Donald Trump suggested then-President Barack Obama would begin a war with Iran to distract from sagging poll numbers and his alleged failings as a negotiator.
Read MoreRangelands vital to agriculture’s future
By: Calvin Daniels It’s always good to pause to think about the future of farming.In the face of American tariffs, increasing U.S. president Donald Trump-led tensions in terms of peace, and the changes science shows are occurring in terms of climate change, seeing a future at all can be something that seems less ensured than […]
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