Opinion

Of the sixteen New Years I’ve written these faith columns, my first remains my favourite. From the vault, here it is again, slightly edited: Something strange scampers underfoot at our house.

This is a continuation of 16 of the most interesting science stories of 2016 in no particular order.

It’s the new year! The days are starting to get longer (we may not see it yet but they are!) and by now you may have received a few seed catalogues! Do we dare to start to “think spring”? Why not! It’s roughly 140 sleeps until the May long weekend, t

View from the Cheap Seats is an extension of the newsroom, which is frequently a site of heated debate on topics ranging from the extremely serious to the utterly ridiculous.

Whether or not snowplows go autonomous in the future, right now, behind every wheel of every big truck clearing the way in the province, there’s a person driving.

It was quite unusual to see a continuation of a trial last week, but since the Supreme Court ruling in R. v. Jordan that set new delay of trial guidelines, everybody has been very vigilant of the passage of time.

If you thought 2016 wasn’t exactly the best year for rural Saskatchewan, hold on to your hats, folks. It’s quite possible 2017 could be worse.

The Moon is just past new phase as the month begins, and already the events are lined up in the first few days.

‘Tis the season of giving… and, for this political columnist, a little atonement for all the nasty things we’ve written. What better excuse than Christmas to give our Saskatchewan politicians overdue credit for what might have been overlooked.

When I was growing up, Christmas was always an exciting time as I eagerly awaited that moment when we got to open our presents.