Opinion

Christmas Eve! Perhaps as some of you read this, you will be watching for the first star to begin your Christmas Eve meal.

I’m not a Santa lover, honestly. But a reader sent me a longer version of the anonymous story below.

The recent semi / train accident in the city once again has people questioning having the main rail lines passing through the city. The usual issues are being trotted out in coffee shop discussions, as one might expect.

It wasn’t a great fall session for Premier Brad Wall’s Saskatchewan Party, although it wasn’t exactly a horrific one, either. Similarly, it wasn’t a great fall session for rural voters, although rural Saskatchewan has certainly had worse ones.

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

Elizabeth May, federal Green Party leader and MP for Saanich-Gulf Islands in B.C., wants Canada to do a lot better at preventing, diagnosing, treating and providing ongoing support for victims of Lyme disease.

James is a 30-year-old service industry worker. In October, a woman and her child stumbled onto James masturbating in an aisle in Walmart. He was arrested and ultimately pleaded guilty to committing an indecent act in a public place.

There’s no free ride when it comes to generating energy. Even the cleanest sources have environmental consequences.

Only a week till Christmas! And after Sunday, the days will start getting longer again! The December Solstice will happen here on Sunday, December 21 at 5:03 p.m. – that is the time when the North Pole is tilted the furthest away from the sun.