Opinion

It's almost impossible to imagine that Christmas day is one week away. I was looking up some information about plants that are traditionally associated with Christmas.

Is it asking too much to have one honest set of books telling us how our tax dollars are spent? This should be rudimentary to governing.

Tis always the season for myths, urban legends and old wives' tales, but there are a few that pertain specifically to the Christmas season and, as usual, one of my favourite things is debunking erroneous, widely-held beliefs. 1.

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

I debated writing my entire article this week on the vehicle/pedestrian accident that occurred on the intersection of Sixth Avenue North and Smith Street last week, but I'll refrain from doing that and, instead, offer a few thoughts.

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

The comet ISON, astronomers predicted earlier this year, could prove a heavenly Christmas gift to sky-watchers. The 2013 "Christmas star," bright enough for daylight viewing. I decided not to miss it. "But comets are like cats," one expert noted.

It's been a strange year.

Not only are taxpayers bailing out the latest struggling government employee pension plan in Saskatchewan, university students also get to pitch in this time.