Opinion

I started a list today. A list of acquaintances whose face and voice I know, and who know mine as well. The list includes, in bold letters, the names of my husband and family. But John’s there too – he stops regularly by my office.

It is spring, well at least we like to think it is, although in Saskatchewan there is never a guarantee old man winter won’t dump on us again until at least making it to June.

The notion of simply abolishing the Senate used to be just an NDP idea _ one that allowed New Democrats to condescendingly condemn the other parties who clearly had abused the institution.

Dear Editor: It was quite laughable to read Federal Minister Gerry Ritz stating, “I cannot stress enough that amendments to the plant breeder’s rights act allow for farmers to retain the right to save, clean and store seed for their own operations.

Dear Editor: I now live in a retirement home with a bunch of old geezers that, like me, date back to the first generation following the original homesteaders.

I am sometimes known for taking very unpopular positions. Judging from the fury on Facebook, this will probably be one of those weeks as I defend the Court’s decision in the Ungar case.

It’s hard to believe it has been two years since scientists produced the first “test tube” burger. It was actually more of a Petri dish burger, but that’s kind of a case of splitting stem. That burger cost $335,000 to produce.

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

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.