Opinion

The biggest problem in politics is how quickly those we elect forget where they came from and whom they were elected to represent. But maybe one of the problems is that we don't give enough credit to those that do remember.

The Saskatchewan Roughriders begin the 2012 regular season Thursday night in Hamilton after an 0-and-2 preseason.

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

The Artist (DVD/Blu-Ray) - Dir. Michel Hazanavicius. Starring Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, John Goodman. A beautifully spirited comic drama that proves silent films can still be made in the modern era, but probably shouldn't be.

Partisans who believe the law always supports their views inevitably wind up disappointed. If there's one thing you discover following politics, it is that no political party always has the rule of law always on its side.

I don't know how June disappeared so quickly - we're on the threshold of July, so if you were thinking about joining the Saskatchewan Horticultural Association 6th Annual bus tour, July 17 - 19, please call Liz at 782-2830 for full details of how to

Sunday is Canada's birthday. That should mean more than it does in this country. We only need to look south to our American neighbours to see how they celebrate the Fourth-of-July only three days later.

Get a cup of tea, gardeners, and let's talk about another chapter from that great book, "The Landscape Makeover Book: How To Bring New Life To An Old Yard", by Sara Jane von Trapp.

I'd like to say after one week of whining about the York Lake Road, action has been taken; but action has been ongoing since well before my article last week on the deplorable state of that 'road'.