Opinion

Sears Canada is effectively dead. Now, as the once successful retailer plans on closing every store in the country, there are bound to be post-mortems discussing why Sears couldn’t make it in the modern era.

The notion that our nation is a bilingual mosaic has never gone down any better in rural Western Canada than it has in Quebec. In Canada, we are what we are.

By Calvin Daniels

By Calvin Daniels

“We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones.” – Stephen King, master of terror/literary giant.

“There’s such a fine line between clever and stupid.” –David St. Hubbins, This Is Spinal Tap . I’d like to make a spin-off to that classic phrase: There’s such a fine line between silly and dumb.

I t has been noted in this space over the years that a community often has its pride bolstered by its sports teams doing well.

“So it’s hurry up and wait, eh? That must be so hard!” My friend nodded, her eyes flooding. I understood why. Years earlier, she’d made a major decision about her future direction in life. When the time felt right, she prepared to move forward.

You’ll have a chance to learn everything you need to know about terrariums at the next meeting of the Yorkton and District Horticultural Society on Wednesday, October 18 at 7:00 p.m. at SIGN on North Street.