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Political gamesmanship accomplishes nothing

Staff November 6, 2025November 4, 2025 0 comment

By: Jordan Twiss Much like hockey, politics are highly adversarial in nature.Politicians assemble teams based on their personal beliefs, choose a captain to lead them, then duke it out in arena of public opinion (with words, rather than fists) in hopes of getting enough support from the electorate to form government.

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Poilievre parrots Trump with dangerous remarks

Staff October 30, 2025October 28, 2025 0 comment

By: Jordan Twiss It’s been 45 days since Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre made his return to the House of Commons by way of a victory in the Battle River-Crowfoot by-election.

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Sask Party still shortchanging healthcare

Staff October 23, 2025October 22, 2025 0 comment

By: Jordan Twiss As the old saying goes, if you want something done right, you should do it yourself.But if, for some reason, you want something done wrong – say in twice the amount of time and at triple the cost – then it’s probably a job best suited for government.

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Trump’s ‘truths’ reshape reality

Staff October 16, 2025October 16, 2025 0 comment

By: Jordan Twiss Last week, as they celebrated the 85th annual National Newspapers Week, those who work in the news business called on the public to aid them in protecting the truth by ensuring they get their news from credible, fact-checked news sources.

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Global trends show threats to free press

Staff October 9, 2025October 6, 2025 0 comment

By: Jordan Twiss This year, for the 85th year, Canadians who work in the news business have the privilege of celebrating National Newspapers Week from Oct. 5 to Oct. 11.

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Richmound’s nightmare could have been avoided

Staff October 2, 2025September 30, 2025 0 comment

By: Jordan Twiss “Nobody cared about the small town in southwest Saskatchewan.”That’s how Richmound, Sask., Mayor Brad Miller assessed the waking nightmare his community has been living through since the Kingdom of Canada cult, led by conspiracy theorist and “Queen of Canada” Romana Didulo, moved in to the old Richmound School two years ago.

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Feds keep failing Sask. canola growers

Staff September 25, 2025September 23, 2025 0 comment

By: Jordan Twiss In the spring of 2023, it seemed like the sky was the limit for Saskatchewan’s canola producers.

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Political climate hits point of no return

Staff September 18, 2025September 18, 2025 0 comment

By: Jordan Twiss For the second time in the past three months, it seems I’ve no choice but to fall back on words I’ve previously written about the overheated political climate in North America (and the United States, in particular) and the inevitability of it breeding political violence.

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NDP leadership race off to worrying start

Staff September 11, 2025September 9, 2025 0 comment

By: Jordan Twiss Though everyone knew it was coming – well, everyone who cares about the federal NDP, at least – the arrival of September brought with it the official launch of the NDP’s search for a replacement for former Leader Jagmeet Singh.

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Poilievre’s return must include new game plan

Staff September 4, 2025September 2, 2025 0 comment

By: Jordan Twiss It took a little longer than expected to get there, but when Parliament resumes on Sept. 15, Canadians can expect it to mark the beginning of the four-year heavyweight showdown between Prime Minister Mark Carney and newly re-elected Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre.

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