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Ban pesticides, not light bulbs

We all now have a little more time to stock up on incandescent light bulbs, since the federal government has decided to defer the ridiculous ban for two years.
Stick men, straw men debate HST

Stick men, straw men debate HST

Keeping it simple

Sunday mornings have a slow pleasant rhythm around our place.

Ranchers dared to be different

Mostly in life, you get what you pay for and that holds true for both goods and services.

STV system debate reignited

The recent federal election has once again reignited debate about the need to reform our voting system and a National Day of Action for Electoral Reform has been called for May 14

Carbon-neutral offsets — semantics for subsidy

School District 27 has officially come out against the provincial government’s carbon neutral scheme.

Gov’t should refund the HST

Editor: Thank you for your article on HST. It affirmed that I really am not suffering from early old timers.

Businesses shouldn’t pay taxes for rec centre programs

Budget discussions at city hall have brought out some different points of view.

Kicked the cigarette habit but not the coffee pot

Editor: I live in a coffee pot, and I liked smoking because it showed the politicians because — even though they said I had killed my friends, kids, grandkids and myself because I smoked — I wasn’t as stupid or gullible as they thought I was!
Populist HST ‘fix’ coming soon

Populist HST ‘fix’ coming soon