Opinion

Early November marked the 18th anniversary of the tragic murder of outspoken writer and environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight colleagues by the Nigerian government.

The local and Saskatchewan economies remains strong when you use most of the traditional economic measuring sticks, from wholesale and retail sales figure, through to export numbers and unemployment figures.

Dear editor, Right now there is a trade agreement being drafted in secret with global implications called the TPP: Trans Pacific Partnership.

Small business is an often overlooked aspect of economy. There is not headlines with small business which come from agriculture, whether its the bumper crop of 2013, or the flooded fields in spring 2011.

Dear Editor: With the elections for the new wheat and barley commissions looming, I decided to give all of the candidate biographies a read. I noticed an interesting contrast.

Welcome to Week LXXX of 'Fishing Parkland Shorelines'. Like most of us I am a novice fisherman, loving to fish, but far from an expert.

I began 2013 by compiling, with regret, my potential "grand-lasts." No grandchild prospects on our son's side. Four grandbeans on our daughter's, the youngest newly turned two. I suspected I'd entered the final season of babies.

We've said it before, gardeners: we are a hardy lot! On November 13, the day was sunny and almost spring-like; I actually took a cup of coffee and a sandwich outside at lunchtime and had a mini-picnic! Imagine that! A week later, on November 20, the

View from the Cheap Seats is kind of an extension of the newsroom. Whenever our three regular reporters, Calvin Daniels, Thom Barker and Kelly Friesen are in the building together, it is frequently a site of heated debate.

The big news in Saskatchewan is that the Riders are 2013 Grey Cup champions after dismantling the Hamilton Tiger Cats on Sunday in front of the hometown crowd. Everything was perfect.