Opinion

If anyone was expecting something startlingly dramatic to come out of Saskatchewan’s provincial budget that was unveiled Monday they were disappointed.

One of my easy top-10 games to play is cribbage. I love its quirky counting rules, and that it plays two, three, or four players equally well.

Last weekend we parted with our camping trailer, after having given up our seasonal site at Good Spirit Lake. We enjoyed two good summers there, and the memories will linger long, spurred by our photos.

So I am beginning to think COVID-19 has spread to local fishing holes, leading them to self-isolate well away from us fisher folk. At least that appears to be the case in locales I’ve thrown a line this spring.

By now, we can really see how most of our shrubs and perennials fared over the winter and marched into spring. Some plants are doing fine, others are still very slow.

Perhaps a lot of fans have missed it, especially given the domino effect of sports shutting down in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, but there was some exciting news a few months ago that at least had me smiling ear-to-ear.

While the dream of some is to see the taps of oil and gas to be turned off completely is largely hyperbole on their part, any reduction on the reliance of those resources should be seen as generally positive.

'Time to think ahead' In October and November we go to the polls for Provincial and Local elections, a time to reflect on what our political leaders have done and to consider what we want for the next four years.

When I was four years old I needed surgery on my left eye. Before going to the hospital, I got a new doll. It had a string in its back you could pull and as you released it the doll said one of several phrases.

While a quick glance to the right might indicate that I’m not the first person you would ask about race relations, I feel as though we need to talk a little bit about the words “all lives matter,” and why they’ve become very controversial in spite of