Opinion

Marriage: the extreme race; a relentless exercise of repeated acts contrary to human nature - not getting one's own way and putting another's needs above one's own. Many enter. Some race for life.

Gardeners, it's almost impossible not to see the gradual change from summer to fall. Not that our gardening season is over, but we are definitely closer to the end of this year's garden.

Living in the topsy-turvy world of commodity prices where markets for grains, oilseeds, pulse crops, oil and potash are always uncertain, rural people know better than to panic over a bit of bad news.

If you are using the long days of summer to catch up on your genealogy research, you will want to check out a site from the Government of Canada. Log on to www.canada.gc.ca and you will find many interesting and helpful links.

While driving north a few weeks ago, the Preacher and I noticed what looked like dozens of charming white sailboats dotting the wind-ruffled surface of a lake ahead. Nearer the water, we realized our mistake.

Not long ago, dining out, going for a drink, working in an office, riding an airplane or intercity bus and going to a movie meant being subjected to second-hand smoke.

We've nearly been trampled in recent days by a veritable herd of Canadian academics, falling over one another to remind us that the Canadian Senate cannot be abolished.

Nova Scotia authorities' response to the Rehteah Parsons case would be comical if it wasn't so infuriating.

Today's farmers and ranchers can be a funny lot. They spend much of their lives before the computer as the newly crowned kings of the information age, capable of gleaning the smallest tidbit of information.