Opinion

It was a dramatic image: millions of cubic metres of waste cascading from the Mount Polley mine breach into the Quesnel watershed in B.C.’s Interior.

It’s hard to believe that we are already in the middle of August.

I first attempted gassing the villain. Lullaby and good riddance to the pocket gopher intent on destroying my flower bed. But by the time I identified the culprit, it had taken three large and well established plants.

View from the Cheap Seats is kind of an extension of the newsroom. Whenever our three regular reporters, Calvin Daniels, Thom Barker and Randy Brenzen are in the building together, it is frequently a site of heated debate.

Just recently a former student of mine posted on her FB page that she had checked something off her bucket list – she had sung at a wedding (and done a fantastic job, I might add).

Spring has evolved and become summer. Mother Nature didn’t ask anyone if we were ready, she just made the transformation. I have learned over the years that it is impossible to try and argue with her.

Admittedly, it’s not quite as crass as the last time Saskatchewan voters saw a summer campaign.

LOOKING BACK... A Decade Ago

When it comes to world trade the idea of free movement of goods is held up as an idea the world should aspire to.

Our age progression is rather interesting. When we were toddlers, our parents would always brag about our ages, but when we started to talk, we took care of that ourselves.