Profile of Jason Small

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Jason Small is the city editor of the Moose Jaw Times-Herald.

All articles of Jason Small

• British election could be interesting this year
  By the time some of you are reading this, the result might be much clearer but as I write I am very much looking forward to today’s results in ...
• Our political scene has multinational look
  Something I take great pride in about Canada is our multiculturalism. One of the places it is on display is in the House of ...
• I just can't cheer for the Canadian teams
  It’s NHL playoff season again, which is always a great time of year. But sprinkled in with the great playoff action is one ...
• Don't judge all politicians by two
  So if the Guergis-Jaffer family has been up to all manner of misconduct, as is now coming to light, what’s the rest of cabinet been up ...
• Wanted: one housesitter for a five-year term
  So, it maybe didn’t appear exactly like this, but there is a soon-to-be vacant job that is being advertised in the media. If ...
• For once I am embarrassed to be Canadian
  I have made no secret that I do not appreciate some of what spews — yes, spews — out of the gob of American right-wing pundit Ann Coulter. And, ...
• Tale of two images
  In Canadian politics image isn’t everything, but it can have some major pull. When it comes to federal politics most of the ...
• Olympics did not start out well but boy what a finish
  The Olympics are over now. The word finally, however, does not belong in that sentence because why would anyone have been yearning for it to end. ...
• Canadian athletes haven't let us down at all
  Somebody recently noted Canada has been doing well at the Olympics, getting top 10 finishes in events in which we’ve never come close to the top ...
• Canada has benefited from new sports at Games
  We all know that going into these Olympics, Canada had never won a gold medal on Canadian soil. That painful, little fact had been drilled into ...
• Some hopeful predictions for Canada at the Olympics
  The Olympics will be getting underway Friday and, as usual, I’m revved up to see how Canada does in the competition. Since ...
• My No. 1 pick fora sports movie is ... Bull Durham
  What started as a a simple idea for a column a few weeks back has turned into a monster. Be that as it may, I’m now ready to wrap up my ...
• These are a few of my favourite ... sports movies
  I’m going to continue something I started last week by listing my favourite scripted sports movies, after looking at my favourite sports ...
• My choices for favourite sports documentaries
  I was recently listening to the radio and there was an interview with an American writer about his book on the best all-time sports movies and it ...
• Profanity can go hand-in-hand with passion
  Warning: the following contains coarse language because, well, that’s what it’s about. In my time following ...
• I love receiving cards, just never seem to send them
  Why do we send Christmas cards? I’m not entirely sure of the answer but I know this long-standing tradition gives me ...
• Rabid Rider fans could carry team to Cup win
  On Saturday I went to my second-ever CFL division final game and my eardrums are still recovering. I have to say that ...
• Byelection results are not an indictment of Liberals...
  While the Tories tried desperately to spin Monday’s byelections into a referendum of Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff, byelections are ...
• No reason to expect a change in provincial politics...
  Since Saskatchewanians will be heading back to the polls exactly two years from Saturday, we’ve arrived at the halfway mark in the ...
• Hopefully, recycling will be high on council's...
  There is one issue that hasn’t received much play during this civic election campaign and I couldn’t help but think about it this ...
• Tory shutout in byelection would be embarrassment
  So Canadians are going to the polls again this fall, after all. OK, before the panic sets in, no, you did not miss a sudden, ...
• Rather than crossing the floor, let the voters decide
  Earlier this week there were rumours that a trio of Liberals was considering making that short walk across the floor of the House of Commons to ...
• NDP, Conservatives did Liberals a big favour
  By trying to topple the government earlier this week, Michael Ignatieff and the Liberals probably believed it was a great chance to turn the ...
• Embracing a fascinating and rough sport
  Saturday (albeit Friday night-Saturday morning here) is Grand Final Day — a celebrated day I’ve come to look forward to every ...
• Stalled election call helps all parties
  Well, it looks like some of the political players in Ottawa have saved themselves by backing away, at least for now, from ...
• Ignatieff, Harper not all that diffferent
  Fully expecting Parliament to come tumbling down resulting in an election call in the next few weeks, Bloc Quebecois boss Gilles Duceppe rolled ...
• Political poll paints expected picture
  It's not often you get a free poll, so I say never look a gift pollster in the mouth. With that in mind, I found it interesting perusing the ...
• Failed coup attempt worked out best forLiberals
  They say hindsight is 20-20 and for the federal Liberal party that perfect vision shows one thing - the party was saved when its plans of six ...
• Ignatieff wise in putting off election call
  At the point of writing this column, it appears Canadians are going to be spared something we want even less than a summer cold - a summer ...
• Loss of minority government in Nova Scotia is too bad
  With the orange crush felt by Nova Scotians Tuesday night as the NDP there swept to a majority government, Canada no longer has any ...