Opinion

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.

June 8 was World Oceans Day.

Isn’t it amazing how a fragrance can bring back a flood of memories? That happened to me this spring when two very kind gardeners gave us some lily-of-the valley, some white, and some pink, which I have never seen.

Summertime is just around the corner: a perfect chance to get those dusty boxes of family photos down off the shelf in the closet, kick back in the shade, and do your family (present and future) a favor by recording who the faces are in the photos, w

If I didn’t know the reason, I’d call the people passing my workplace office windows these days quite odd. Some pass by as usual – until they hit the space below the nearest tree, just a few feet from the door. Then, suddenly, they jump backwards.

An Edmonton police officer lost his life this week, trying to uphold the law and keep the peace. In other words, he was doing his job. It’s, overwhelmingly, sad to read these types of stories and they are becoming more and more too frequent.

This past weekend the 18th annual Brayden Ottenbreit Close Cuts for Cancer held its highlight head-shaving event at the Parkland Mall in the city.

Whether politically motivated or not, rural Saskatchewan may owe a debt of gratitude to Progressive Conservative leader Rick Swenson. Forcing the issue on who has the right to own farmland in this province is a debate worth having.

Dear Editor: On Saturday, June 6, Royal Canadian Legions all across Canada will commemorate D-Day – a military term used to indicate the day a combat attack or operation is set to be initiated.