Opinion

On their way home to Regina with their parents after having visited Duck Mountain Provincial Park, last week, brothers Beckam and Jack Reich (centre photo, front left and right respectively) insisted on stopping by the Kamsack Skate Park where they u

The closure of the Port of Churchill, Man. was shocking, but not unexpected, nor unlikely. Canada’s sole northern port has limped along, basically, forever. Yet that does not mean it should be closed for good and abandoned.

‘Re-’ can be a prefix meaning ‘again’ or ‘back to.’ There is also one municipality and a small village in Norway named Re, so therefore if you have already visited either one of the villages of Re and you are going back, then you will reRe.

There is a rich rural heritage to the Canadian Prairies, one that I worry will increasingly be lost and forgotten.

I find it interesting that even though we now live in an era where security cameras and cellphones can monitor every public move, bad behaviour and criminal activity have seemingly not been deterred.

Rural representation took a hit in Premier Brad Wall’s cabinet shuffle. One might argue this doesn’t mean much.

Rural representation took a hit in Premier Brad Wall’s cabinet shuffle. One might argue this doesn’t mean much. After all, the 51-member Saskatchewan Party government caucus consists of 30 rural MLAs since the April 4 vote.

Rural representation took a hit in Premier Brad Wall’s cabinet shuffle. One might argue this doesn’t mean much.

“Don’t want to be carried to church? Come now.” I found that quote on Pinterest, as well as this gem: “Not going to church because of the ‘hypocrites’ is like not going to the gym because of the ‘out-of-shape’ people.

Over the years, Canora has grown, not so much in population, which of course, has had its peaks and valleys, but in varied cultures.