Opinion

Simmer down. It’s what our teachers used to tell us when we were misbehaving. And it appears it’s what politicians and stakeholders behaving like unmanageable petulance children now need to hear.

Dear Editor, Canada’s Conservatives are the party of free trade and free markets. We recognize the importance of the U.S. and Mexican markets for Canadian exporters.

The Yorkton Cardinals seem to have found themselves stuck somewhere between the proverbial rock and a hard place as the team tries to extradite itself from a rather substantial debt (see story this issue).

Forgive me in advance for being a little more cynical this week than I usually am in this space.

Seniors in the Parkland Valley area often lament on how “things were” in years past. There is reason for that. Many of today’s seniors grew up in an era when the rural population was much higher.

Seniors in the Parkland Valley area often lament on how “things were” in years past. There is reason for that. Many of today’s seniors grew up in an era when the rural population was much higher.

The surgeon waved my comments aside. “Your eyes are perfect. You could legally fly a plane.” “No, sir,” I responded. “I couldn’t.

There are games that you sit down to play and quickly wonder how it is the game was not created half a century ago given the simplicity of rules and the basic concepts of the game. Triad by Klaus Nehren was just such a game.

This year is a leap year, and this Saturday is our “extra” day! What is a leap year? As the earth hurtles through space and travels around the sun, the whole cycle takes 365 days, five hours and 48 minutes.

With about 20-games remaining for most teams, the National Hockey League’s trade deadline came, and went Monday.