Opinion

By 1962, Inter Ocean Elevator Company had constructed a 55,000 bushel capacity elevator pictured here to the far left. Saskatchewan Pool Elevator Company had purchased the Lake of the Woods elevator, and named their elevators “A” and “B”.

Monday the great experiment began in Saskatchewan as the province entered Phase I of a five step Re-Open Saskatchewan plan.

When you are stuck in the house finding a new game to play is not as easy as heading to the store to peruse the shelves. But worry not, there are options.

Hard times, these. You don’t need me to tell you that, of course. Whether watching bad news or experiencing bad news, it bites. But those stories don’t end there. The Preacher and I were reminded of that in an unusual way a few years ago.

By now we probably all have the gardening bug tickling us every time we are outside. My daily yard tour is a continual surprise, seeing how the snow has disappeared practically right before our eyes.

Heartfelt thanks to the many businesses who have continued to communicate with their clients through our newspaper and website.

With sports still on hiatus I thought instead of struggling for some event to write about it would be easier to shift gears a little bit.

Let's Not Go Back to 'Normal' Dear Editor, It’s now been five weeks since we’ve gone into self-isolation as individuals and as a nation. There has been plenty of time to watch our country cope with the pandemic and the shutdown of our economy.

There’s plenty that the COVID pandemic has taken away from us when it comes to enjoying things indoors, so I decided to embrace what I’m still able to enjoy last weekend.

With about seven minutes to go before an on-line meeting I was hosting was set to begin, the power suddenly went out.