Opinion

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

Recently, one of my Toronto friends called that city's mayor, Rob Ford, a train wreck. I politely disagreed. Ford is more like a tire fire.

One might not necessarily know it from the number of new half tons one sees on rural Saskatchewan's main streets, but smaller communities aren't benefiting as much from the boom.

With Remem-brance Day just around the corner, genealogists may be researching members of their families who served in the military. For general information, an invaluable site to visit is www.greatwar.co.

From government scientists to First Nations citizens and environmentalists, pretty much everyone working to protect the air, water, land and diversity of plants and animals that keep us alive and healthy has felt the sting of attacks from sources in

Japan and Korea seem to be the birthplaces in the quest for youthful and beautiful skin, with the latest "elixir" (as usual, based on traditional, centuries-old beliefs) being snail mucus - applied by specially bred live snails that slither across cu

Looking at our gardens now, it is hard to imagine that just a few short weeks ago they were lush and full of mature plants; and it is even harder to imagine how they will look next year! I did a little tour of our yard today, and I'll tell you about

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.