Opinion

The Saskatchewan Government is toying with the idea of lowering the legal drinking limit from 19 to 18 years of age. Those of us with high morals shudder at such a suggestion.

I've always been more interested in organisms that can move on their own than in stationary plants. But when I canoe or hike along the edge of lakes or oceans and see trees that seem to be growing out of rock faces, I am blown away.

Those who keep saying we are all the same in Saskatchewan conveniently ignore the reality that rural and urban folks do think differently.

In 1991, Rodney King was brutally beaten by four police officers, while five others looked on, in Los Angeles, California following a high speed chase.

Monday, September 24th was an exquisite fall day in Chilliwack, I heard from two provinces over. But something went missing on that day. My elderly father, a long-time resident of your city, discovered that there are no more Good Samaritans.

The Lives Stand tall and proud, within the crowd For all of those who have fallen. Young and old, wise beyond their souls for everything that they fought for.

Gardeners, our time to take a rest from our yard work has come.

Every year as November 11 approaches thoughts turn to Remembrance Day. Each year there are fewer and fewer veterans attending events, the decades passing having seen most pass away. But the day remains as important today as it ever has.

In what is being hailed as "the story of the decade" by some scientists, the discovery of a new planet was announced two weeks ago. So what? Astronomers have now discovered 843 planets (exoplanets) in star systems other than our own.