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Is seven-billion people too many?

Is seven-billion people too many?

What's the biggest challenge in the world? Climate change? Economic disparity? Species extinction? A Western billionaire - maybe a member of the one per cent the Occupy protesters are talking about - will likely say population growth.
Remember the Persecuted Church

Remember the Persecuted Church

"Nana, am I five now?" my second grandbean asked the other day, adding. "When I get to five, I can SPEED!" Slow down, child, I wanted to say. Just a minute ago, I was five too. Back then (a half-century ago, in 1961) the average hourly wage was $1.
EDITORIAL - Time to exercise our right

EDITORIAL - Time to exercise our right

In case you have missed it, next Monday, Nov. 7, we go to the polls here in Saskatchewan to elect our government for the next four years.
Got a whale headed your way?

Got a whale headed your way?

In the flurry of my newly-four-year-old grandbean's birthday party, while I washed Romaine lettuce under the tap - preparing a salad to accompany my daughter's lasagna - the child came to me.
Virus is another sign of failure to protect wild salmon

Virus is another sign of failure to protect wild salmon

In 2007 and 2008, a virus wiped out millions of salmon on fish farms in Chile, slamming the country's aquaculture industry with $2 billion in losses, farm and processing-plant closures, and layoffs of 2,000 workers.
Sask. Party low-bid beats NDP high-hand

Sask. Party low-bid beats NDP high-hand

The leader's debate boiled down to a one-on-one showdown between NDP leader Dwain Lingenfelter and Saskatchewan Party leader Brad Wall. Really, though, the real showdown was a few days earlier when the respective parties released their platform.
Tilling gardens not for everyone

Tilling gardens not for everyone

You know how you feel when you hear the first lawnmower in the spring? It's like the herald that a new season has arrived. I felt that way the other day when I heard a garden tiller going somewhere in the neighborhood.
EDITORIAL CARTOON

EDITORIAL CARTOON

Hazing perennial issue in sports

Hazing perennial issue in sports

The hazing situation with the Manitoba Junior Hockey League's Neepawa Natives has come to the forefront in the wake of news a 15-year-old boy and six of his rookie teammates had an object tied to their genitals and paraded around the dressing room.
Computer helpful

Computer helpful

One of the most challenging aspects of researching your family history is that quite often you find your family tree is growing close to a brick wall! Just when you think you are moving along and family information is falling into place, you hit a br
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