Opinion

Welcome to Week CCVIII of ‘Fishing Parkland Shorelines’. Like most of us I am a novice fisherman, loving to fish, but far from an expert.

( Editor’s note : Rev. Jeffrey Stephaniuk lived in Norquay from 1996 to 1999 and was known throughout a much larger area for playing the bandura at various functions.

There are so many lessons to be learned from the tragedy of the Fort McMurray fire … although the foremost one was likely learned by rural Saskatchewan long ago. At 56.

All things considered...

It’s become clear, in the week since a conflagration sent 88,000 people running in less than a day, that there’s really only one phrase that adequately describes the net result of the Fort McMurray fire. It’s the Miracle of Fort Mac.

It was an announcement made with limited fanfare, even in the ag sector it seemed, yet it could open the door to an intriguing new niche market. In January a release by the Canary Seed Development Commission of Saskatchewan (CDCS) at www.canaryseed.

There are so many lessons to be learned from the tragedy of the Fort McMurray fire … although the foremost one was likely learned by rural Saskatchewan long ago. At 56.

In a recent re-run of Castle , James Brolin made a guest appearance as Castle’s father. He saves Alexis from kidnappers, but in a tender moment he reveals himself to Castle.

Have you ever been in that position? Where you’re in a pinch and wonder how you’re going to get out of it, or salvage a situation the best way possible? I’ve been there many times in my life.

Being at a loss for words might cause some awkward moments and I am sure we’ve all been there, but nothing is more embarrassing than finding out that you have been freely and widely using the wrong word or words.