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Waiser: There's a better way when it comes to clean water on reserves

Waiser: There's a better way when it comes to clean water on reserves

In one of the poignant scenes in Nevil Shute’s novel, A Town Like Alice, Jean Paget returns to the Malaysian village of Kuala Telang that had...

friday 10

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Bill Waiser

Charlebois: Why cheap Australian beef may be Canadian beef’s best friend

Charlebois: Why cheap Australian beef may be Canadian beef’s best friend

At first glance, the presence of inexpensive Australian beef in Canadian grocery stores seems absurd. How can beef raised thousands of kilometres...

friday 30

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Sylvain Charlebois

Charlebois: Chicken prices are soaring. Why isn’t Ottawa acting?

Charlebois: Chicken prices are soaring. Why isn’t Ottawa acting?

Canada’s chicken market is sending a signal Ottawa can no longer afford to ignore: supply is not keeping pace with demand. Chicken Farmers of Canada...

friday 20

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Sylvain Charlebois

Paulson: Are we ready for half a million?

Paulson: Are we ready for half a million?

In my last column, I theorized that Saskatoon’s Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) will reach the 500,000 population milestone by about 2036-2037,...

friday 20

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Joanne Paulson

Opinion: Canada needs a better way to resolve national labour disputes

Opinion: Canada needs a better way to resolve national labour disputes

Canada has become trapped in a false choice. At a time when governments across the country are working to attract investment, strengthen supply chains...

friday 10

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Joint Op-Ed

Charlebois: Canadians paid dairy farmers for competition consumers never got

Charlebois: Canadians paid dairy farmers for competition consumers never got

Canada and the United States are once again negotiating under the threat of tariffs. Washington has temporarily postponed a proposed 50 per cent...

friday 20

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Sylvain Charlebois

Opinion: Is medicare a national treasure, or a squandered inheritance?

Opinion: Is medicare a national treasure, or a squandered inheritance?

While Canadians strive to build a strong and united country, medicare, fundamental to the strength of its citizens, is at risk of being a squandered...

friday 10

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Ken Fyke

Charlebois: Canada shouldn’t copy Trump’s beef blunder

Charlebois: Canada shouldn’t copy Trump’s beef blunder

President Donald Trump knows how to provoke and move markets. But when it comes to beef prices, he may have missed a few briefings on cattle...

friday 10

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Sylvain Charlebois

Lewis: Nursing homes cost a fortune. Is there another way?

Lewis: Nursing homes cost a fortune. Is there another way?

Grenfell, a town of a thousand in southeast Saskatchewan, will soon open a new 33-bed, $40 million nursing home: $1.2 million per bed. B.C. recently...

friday 20

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Steven Lewis

Lewis: Three words to live by to boost health system performance

28.02.2026 100

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Steven Lewis

Paulson: Established neighbourhood housing market incredibly tight

14.02.2026 100

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Joanne Paulson

Lewis: Quebec’s health reform D-Day turned out to be Dieppe. What happened?

24.01.2026 100

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Steven Lewis

Paulson: Carney makes deal on canola in the world as it is

24.01.2026 80

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Joanne Paulson

Opinion: From McDonald’s price freeze to a supply chain squeeze

17.01.2026 90

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By Sylvain Charlebois

Opinion: Canada could lose 4,000 restaurants in 2026

10.01.2026 150

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By Sylvain Charlebois

Charlebois: Canadian milk changed on January 1. Did you know?

07.01.2026 90

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Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

Opinion: Globetrotters have forgotten Canada's Ritchie Nichol

06.01.2026 90

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Viewpoints

Opinion: When your grocery bill starts pricing you

27.12.2025 90

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By Sylvain Charlebois

Opinion: Public rental housing part of answer to Sask rental shortage

27.12.2025 100

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Viewpoints

Opinion: The grocery store checkout is not the crime scene

20.12.2025 100

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Sylvain Charlebois

Paulson: Housing market likely to remain tight in 2026

20.12.2025 100

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Joanne Paulson

Lewis: Baseball solved unsuccessful aging problem. Can health care?

20.12.2025 100

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Steven Lewis

Opinion: Economics, user trust causing rethink of self-checkouts

06.12.2025 90

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Sylvain Charlebois

Opinion: Many in Sask. among Canadians grappling with food affordability

29.11.2025 90

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Sylvain Charlebois

Cuthand: It's not goodbye, it's 'miostus' (later)

22.11.2025 90

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Doug Cuthand

Opinion: Ottawa wants to keep beef prices high — deliberately

22.11.2025 80

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Sylvain Charlebois

Lewis: Quebec health law is a seizure of power

22.11.2025 90

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Steven Lewis

Paulson: Council needs to take its time on DEED decision

21.11.2025 80

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Joanne Paulson

Cuthand: Indigenous veterans remembered for what they lost to defend Canada

08.11.2025 70

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Doug Cuthand

Cuthand: Demurring on land claims made things worse in B.C.

22.10.2025 100

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Doug Cuthand

Opinion: On food security, Liberals' temp foreign worker plan is better

22.10.2025 70

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Sylvain Charlebois

Cuthand: Story behind Adhesion of 1889 an interesting one

22.10.2025 80

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Doug Cuthand

Paulson: Busy Saskatoon housing market may be the new normal

22.10.2025 70

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Joanne Paulson

Opinion: Phones replacing Canadian kitchens, including Saskatchewan's

22.10.2025 150

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Sylvain Charlebois

Cuthand: Chief Piapot fought for his people in treaty signing

22.10.2025 70

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Doug Cuthand

Opinion: Counter-tariffs — Canada’s self-inflicted food bill

22.10.2025 80

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Sylvain Charlebois

Cuthand: FSIN funding in question — drastic steps needed to protect credibility

22.10.2025 100

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Doug Cuthand

Lewis: Time for Canada to get long-term care right

22.10.2025 90

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Steven Lewis

Cuthand: Never forget the price Indigenous people paid

22.10.2025 100

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Doug Cuthand

Cuthand: What's taking place in the U.S. shouldn't happen here

22.10.2025 70

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Doug Cuthand

Cuthand: Indigenous education system can't be fixed without looking to the past

22.10.2025 70

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Doug Cuthand

Paulson: City’s new housing strategy a good start

22.10.2025 70

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Joanne Paulson

Lewis: Is primary care now city hall’s business?

22.10.2025 90

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Steven Lewis

Cuthand: Real change comes from the people, not from one outsider

22.10.2025 80

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Doug Cuthand

Lewis: Is primary care now city hall’s business?

18.10.2025 70

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Steven Lewis

Cuthand: Real change comes from the people, not from one outsider

18.10.2025 80

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Doug Cuthand

Cuthand: Indigenous education system can't be fixed without looking to the past

11.10.2025 90

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Doug Cuthand

Paulson: City’s new housing strategy a good start

11.10.2025 70

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Joanne Paulson