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By Kaare Askildt Formerly known as the Farmer in Training The original English language was put together by Anglo-Saxons, and the Vikings contributed a few words over time, still in use today.

A third straight term for the Saskatchewan Party following Monday’s provincial election cannot come as a surprise to anyone. There was never much doubt about the results.

As of the writing of this last week, Premier Brad Wall’s Saskatchewan Party appeared to about to become a third-time lucky. Well, it hasn’t been all luck for Wall.

Remember when advertising was about selling the product, simply to sell the product? If you wanted a burger, they showed you a burger with options available.

When I was told by a doctor that I had cancer just over a year ago now, I was not surprised. I was less worried about it, likely, than other members of my family. Concerned, yes. Worried, no.

In fourteen hundred ninety-two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue… So starts the poem from which American (and Canadian) children learned the beginnings of North American history for generations.

Honesty is the best policy. That old adage is debatable depending on whether you are a Wall Street banker or a person with a conscience.

For more than a decade, the B.C. government and the BC Teachers’ Federation (BCTF) have been locked in an expensive (and messy) court battle. Hanging in the balance is the ability of elected officials to set public policy priorities. B.C.

View from the Cheap Seats is kind of an extension of the newsroom. Whenever our three regular reporters, Calvin Daniels, Thom Barker and Randy Brenzen are in the building together, it is frequently a site of heated debate.