Opinion

One day, God only knows when, I'll wake up without a father. Dad, 90 now, can't walk without assistance and he forgets more than he remembers. But he remembers the important things. God, his wife and children and most of the nearby descendants.

June 8 was World Oceans Day. It's a fitting time to contemplate humanity's evolving relationship with the source of all life. For much of human history, we've affected marine ecosystems primarily by what we've taken out of the seas.

Oh, those pesky door-to-door salespeople. Direct sellers have a reputation for the hard sell, with good reason.

Several of you have told me that your roses suffered this past winter. So did ours; only two made it over the winter, and we are keeping a watchful eye on the third, hoping for the best. So we lost probably half of our roses.

I might be on the verge of becoming a modern version of a Luddite.

Tracing your family tree can be a difficult challenge at best. However, if you are researching ancestors who have been enslaved in the United States, the task is even more daunting.

One of the issues I have with police issuing notices for public help is how quick they clam up to the public after they receive this help or the matter is dealt with.

Standing in the vast foyer of the Supreme Court of Canada after the judgment on the Senate reference was made public, former Liberal leader Stephane Dion demonstrated, once again, the legendary tone-deafness to the electorate that ushered him into el

So what makes a good MLA or MP? Well, that's a complicated question, but one worth exploring - especially, right now as federal and provincial parties in Saskatchewan are going through their selection process in advance of elections in 2015 and 2016.

Dear Editor: I'm writing to express my objections to our crown corporation, SaskTel giving away free televisions. Last month in Yorkton, SaskTel was giving away free TVs to Max customers.