Opinion

In a homily "Daddy in Heaven," Father Brendan McGuire says, "How we see God will determine our relationship with God." He goes on to explain, "Jesus wants us to think of God as Daddy, not as father, as Daddy.

That was quite an interesting battle royal to determine our province’s next premier, wasn’t it? I watched the coverage of the Saskatchewan Party convention on the local CTV station on Saturday evening, which took place from Prairieland Park in Saskat

A dozen years ago, after a visit to a distant friend, I received a parcel from her. “What’d you forget?” the Preacher asked. (I lose things easily. Even my head, sometimes.) “Nothing!” I said, ripping the wrappings.

It isn’t watermelon weather, but make a cup of tea and sit down with me for a few minutes.

Yorkton, I love ya, but we’ve got to talk about a nasty habit you’ve developed. I hope I’m not stepping out of bounds here. I know I’m still a newcomer around town (hence the title of my semi-coherent column).

The first Fort Pelly, built by the Hudson’s Bay Company in 1824, was destroyed by fire in 1842. The company rebuilt on the same site but this fort also went up in flames in 1856.

Here’s a riddle: If history is so interesting, why was history class so boring? This is a question that’s vexed me ever since I slogged through my first high school course on ancient Mesopotamian irrigation techniques.

Leave your expectations at the door, and you can watch a work of art.

One might not think there are many similarities between Saskatchewan’s last two premiers. Politically speaking, the views of the NDP’s Lorne Calvert and the Saskatchewan Party’s Brad Wall couldn’t be much more different.

The year 2018 is well underway and I have not yet broken any resolutions. That could be because I haven’t made any. Well, that’s not quite true—I did make a promise to myself which, in many respects, bears resemblance to a resolution.