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Resolutions are good, but you need a plan

Resolutions are good, but you need a plan

A new year presents us with an opportunity to start new and fresh. Many people will ask you, "What is your New Year's resolution?" What will your response be this year? One of the most common resolutions is some form of being healthier.
Remembering in the digital age

Remembering in the digital age

It seems we've only just begun the new millennium and we're already at 2011.
Helping over the holidays and bonus revenge for giggles

Helping over the holidays and bonus revenge for giggles

I sincerely hope your holidays went as smoothly as mine did. My super-model partner is such a tremendous cook that her dinners were better than any over the counter stool softener that money can buy.
Need more info? Find it yourself

Need more info? Find it yourself

Dear Editor At the last Synergy Credit Union information meeting, board members stated they had not had enough information about whom the credit union may amalgamate with.
Waffles and all the trimmings

Waffles and all the trimmings

Although the World Juniors are the holiday hockey tradition, the NHL excitement is heating up. As some teams are seeing their players head to the injured reserve list others are getting served breakfast.
Rejoice in the New Year

Rejoice in the New Year

Well, folks, it's that time again. As we bid farewell to this year and this decade, I for one find it hard to grasp that we're hours away from the first day of 2011.
Solar eclipse visible in the eastern hemisphere

Solar eclipse visible in the eastern hemisphere

January begins with the moon as a daytime object, rising just before the sun at about 7:30 a.m. and crossing the sky before it sets at 1:30 p.m. It's just a thin crescent and difficult to see. New moon occurs Jan. 4, and full moon is Jan. 19.
Trash talk misses the mark

Trash talk misses the mark

City council was once more talking trash at a recent meeting, as the merits of a city wide conversion to roll out bins for garbage collection was debated.
NDP leader ignores the facts

NDP leader ignores the facts

Dear Editor Given the NDP track record on agriculture, healthcare and the economy in Saskatchewan, NDP Leader Dwain Lingenfelter's remarks in the Dec. 15 issue of the Battlefords News-Optimist are hypocritical and ignore the facts.
Ten years of sports in one column

Ten years of sports in one column

Some things never change and yet every time a reader grabs a newspaper there is a new champion being crowned or another aging superstar hanging up their jock straps or sports bras.
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