Opinion

So, this is the moment I am supposed to be gracious. I will get there, I promise, but excuse me for a moment while I pause to bask in the glorious recognition that I will never again have to call Stephen Harper prime minister of Canada.

When my grandparents arrived from Japan in the early 1900s, Canada was far less tolerant than it is today. Women and minorities couldn’t vote, nor could Indigenous people who had lived here from time immemorial.

What a busy, exciting week! The next Yorkton and District Horticultural Society meeting is on Wednesday, October 21 at 7 p.m. in SIGN on North Street.

Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs – Coulda Shoulda Woulda A few weeks ago I reviewed the fantastic new solo offering from Holly Golightly.

When you read this, Canada’s general election will be over. But at this moment, a few days before, I write live from the state of Uncertainty.

On the same night Justin Trudeau’s Liberals won the federal election, I sit here and ponder what this means for Canadians.

Learning that the centennial of the Victoria School is being celebrated tomorrow, it was difficult to keep my mind from thinking about my first six years of formal education.

So who’s the biggest employer in Saskatchewan?Agriculture? Oil? Government? Well, there’s a pretty argument that it’s the trade sector. Yes trade.

The editor: Here we are in the middle of an official election period. This is a period in which all important decisions are supposed to be delayed until after the election.

Regina Public Schools announced on October 6 that they were dispensing with graduation banquets and dances, and only keeping cap-and-gown ceremonies. Those principals better watch out for pitchforks and torches.