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What can we do about the high cost of education?

For a lot of people a post-secondary education is something they consider vitally important to success later in life. Studies have consistently proven that that earning a college or university degree or a skilled trade will exponentially increase the amount of money you will earn. Chances are also likely that you will have a more fulfilling job and will have more career opportunities no matter what you want to do.

Quasi-Legal Marijuana Smoke Room Opens in Regina

It has been nearly three weeks since Dean Foster, owner of Field of Dreams in Regina, opened a safe-inhalation room—where medicinal marijuana users can toke up—in the back of his 11th Ave. store, and it has yet to be raided by police.

Political Satire Is Changing The Way We Look At News

Shows like the Daily Show or the Colbert Report are often said to be liberal-biased. Although they poke fun at both sides of the spectrum, it is the Bush administration that is most often the butt of their jokes, and they do it well. So well in fact, that the fake-news approach is becoming increasingly popular, and attempts are being made to duplicate it. Even Fox News, the infamous Bush propaganda machine, has created its own fake news program titled—in a lame attempt at humor—“The Half-Hour News Hour.”

In The End, We Are All Conspiracy Theorists

Everything you know, or think you know, is a lie. There are far too many untold facts that even when told they slip from the mind in a matter of minutes, causing no real effect on people. They are pushed aside or buried in a flow of information and images and car ads—a needle in a haystack.

Is $10 Too High for a Minimum Wage?

A debate is raging about Ontario's minimum wage. Certain people would like to see it raised to $10.00 per hour, while some believe that it's just too much and will cripple that provinces economy. Some of the arguments I've read for the wage increase seem to center around the gap between this country's rich and our poor.

Is There a Cab Conspiracy in Calgary?

If you live in Calgary you know that we are having a huge issue with taxis as of late. You either know from experience, or have seen any number of newscasts about the "problem." If you have tried calling a cab any time in the past few months you have most likely got a busy signal, or, worse yet, simply did not have your call answered. On the news the cab company execs are saying that they are short drivers—about 200 of them—this number will be important soon. Well, I had an interesting chat with a taxi driver on my way to the airport last week.