Opinion

Every December, I look forward to revisiting everything that made the news during the previous twelve months.

I have some really great gift-givers in my life; those that seem to find the perfect present no matter the circumstance. But a friend of mine got me something this year that she couldn’t have known would put the biggest smile on my face.

When it comes to international trade trying to understand how the intricacies of trade work is frankly impossible, at least for a neophyte like myself, although I try.

The good news is that the light at the end of tunnel in the COVID-19 fight might be something than the proverbial train.

In case someone has forgotten Saskatchewan and Canada are in the midst of a health pandemic. And the numbers are not particularly good. Sunday there were 307 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan. Monday the number was 412.

When it came to 2020, nothing was normal, playing board games included. For huge stretches of the years gathering with buds to play games just never made a lot of sense in terms of health.

It’s behind us now, 2020. Looking over our shoulder at the calendar most people are ready to toss, some would say, “It was the worst of times, it was the worst of times.” (Sorry, Charles Dickens). Some of us (myself included) lost loved ones.

Happy New Year, Gardeners! We’re standing on the threshold of the new year, let’s pray that this year will be brighter and filled with hope. Last year was difficult in so many ways for so many people.

The song “Winter Wonderland” was written in the early 1930s by Felix Bernard and Richard Bernhard Smith. Smith, who was from Honesdale, Pennsylvania, wrote the lyrics after seeing a city park covered in freshly fallen snow.

If readers were to see my list of favourite team sports to watch, and yes such a list has been made on more than once as a time filler, you would find I waffle from day-to-day between box lacrosse and rugby, depending I suspect largely on what is in