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  Too many are still using cellphones while driving

  February 4th, 2010 - 10 h 24

  Despite the fact it is now illegal in Saskatchewan to drive while talking on a cellphone held in the hand, one short trip through Saskatchewan streets and it's easy to see that many people aren't obeying the new law. People are still continuing...

  Section : Opinion | 0 Comment

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  Grab your wallet - again

  February 2nd, 2010 - 10 h 18

  Monday, the province told us all what we'd already figured out: there's not a lot left in the provincial piggy bank for municipal governments. What was supposed to be an increasing scale of provincial sales tax rebates a year ago will now be a...

  Section : Opinion | 0 Comment

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  Cheers and jeers

  January 30th, 2010 - 11 h 46

  Cheers: To the City of Prince Albert. Downtown businesses would like to express appreciation for the timely and efficient manner in which the snow removal was handled in our district. We understand the workload that a snowall of this magnitude...

  Section : Opinion | 0 Comment

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  MP Byrne has a valid point

  January 28th, 2010 - 10 h 34

  Gerry Byrne may not have the right idea, but once his views are stripped of emotional excesses, he's not exactly wrong, either. Byrne is a Liberal MP from the East Coast nobody had heard of until he proclaimed pie-throwing protesters from People...

  Section : Opinion | 1 Comment

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  Snow removal going well

  January 27th, 2010 - 10 h 46

  Some of the varied concerns raised about the city's snow-removal process have, at best, been overstated. Following the blizzard of the weekend, the comments began flowing about the city's snow-removal plans. Some of those comments remain on our...

  Section : Opinion | 2 Comments

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  Cheers and jeers

  January 23rd, 2010 - 10 h 59

  Cheers: To those few drivers who realize that a pedestrian at a crosswalk has the right to cross the road and that stopping isn't just an optional action, but the law. Jeers: To those pedestrians who don't realize that there's a proper place to...

  Section : Opinion | 2 Comments

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  Be prepared for disaster

  January 21st, 2010 - 10 h 16

  By now, almost every media consumer has likely had their fill of images from Haiti. The country is now in its ninth day of dealing with a major earthquake that has claimed upwards of 50,000 lives - with more deaths to come in the following days as...

  Section : Opinion | 0 Comment

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  Helping Haiti

  January 15th, 2010 - 0 h 00

  And there are many things that can be done. Of course, people can contact the Red Cross, either through its website (redcross.ca) or its toll-free number (1-800-418-1111). But in the days to come, various Prince Albert businesses will also do...

  Section : Opinion | 1 Comment

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  City should plan for land-use conflicts

  January 14th, 2010 - 10 h 41

  Time will ultimately determine if city council made the correct decision with regards to the parking lot at the Belly Up Bar and Grill. On Tuesday, councillors voted to allow the business use of a vacant lot immediately adjacent on the eastern...

  Section : Opinion | 6 Comments

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  Council should endorse housing idea

  January 12th, 2010 - 10 h 29

  We'd like to tip our hat to Prince Albert's Housing Advisory Committee for creating what we think is a solid idea to help with housing in this community. If approved, the idea of directing a portion of tax revenues from affordable housing units...

  Section : Opinion | 3 Comments

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