Opinion

Dear Editor: After 40 years of farming, 20 of those years on the farmer elected advisory committee to the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) and one term (the first term) on the Board of Directors who were to control the CWB, I thought I had heard and saw it

Although there seems to be a week for virtually everything these days, there are some of those which are proclaimed annually that are just too worthy of being recognized not to be supportive of the effort.

When one looks back at this Saskatchewan Party government, it seems unlikely that 2019-20 budget will be all that memorable. That’s usually reserved for budgets that have either a lot of goodies or a lot of pain. This budget really has neither.

Last week, the driver of the semi truck that crashed into the bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team and ultimately killed 16 people nearly a year ago was handed down his sentence by Judge Inez Cardinal in a Melfort courtroom.

The comment made during a televised hockey game stuck with me.

Town Lagoon It was somewhat amusing to see that in council discussions around the decision to limit access to the town’s lagoon until they come up with a firm policy on future access from outside parties, a perfectly logical decision in my estimate,

A handful of miniatures and a table covered with terrain and you have the basis for a great night of gaming.

A friend called one day a long while ago. In a panic. Her babysitter couldn’t come. Was there any way I could watch her ten-week old foster baby for her — all day long? My mind raced. So many pressing things sat on that square of my calendar.

This week’s game is one I personally had been very much looking forward to play.

Baseball has always been a sport where time has not been a constraining element. Innings are determined by player outs, not the ticks on a clock. A game can go on indefinitely if the score is tied, again no clock to worry about.