Opinion

If you are using the long days of summer to catch up on your genealogy research, you will want to check out a site from the Government of Canada. Log on to www.canada.gc.ca and you will find many interesting and helpful links.

While driving north a few weeks ago, the Preacher and I noticed what looked like dozens of charming white sailboats dotting the wind-ruffled surface of a lake ahead. Nearer the water, we realized our mistake.

Not long ago, dining out, going for a drink, working in an office, riding an airplane or intercity bus and going to a movie meant being subjected to second-hand smoke.

We've nearly been trampled in recent days by a veritable herd of Canadian academics, falling over one another to remind us that the Canadian Senate cannot be abolished.

Nova Scotia authorities' response to the Rehteah Parsons case would be comical if it wasn't so infuriating.

Today's farmers and ranchers can be a funny lot. They spend much of their lives before the computer as the newly crowned kings of the information age, capable of gleaning the smallest tidbit of information.

After a couple of years in what might best be called a hiatus, the Yorkton United Way is back with plans for fundraising including a residential blitz in September and a business canvass in October.

This column marks my one year anniversary of writing Thinking Critically. When I started it I ostensibly intended it to be a science column, but critical thinking applies every aspect of life.

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