Opinion

Ed, my old neighbour in Saskatchewan, had Ruby, his wife, send pictures by computer of the ice storm that hit Melville May 21. In May, such an uncommon ice storm was mind-boggling to hear about, as was seeing all the broken tree limbs and damage.

Submitted The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples, the national voice representing the interests of Métis, status and non-status Indians, and Southern Inuit Indigenous People living off-reserve, issued the following statement Monday: It is with great dism

In my annual “reading through the Bible in a year,” I’ve been slogging through some tough chapters. In fact, those pages of “so and so begat so and so,” have often caused me to wonder how much spiritual value there is for folks like me.

I consider it a privilege to have grown up on a farm. I had the opportunity to experience first-hand something that Jesus used in His teaching to illustrate how the Kingdom of God works.

So far, our spring on the prairies has been all about a mixture of everything. What is the summer going to bring? We don’t know.

Dear Editor The recent new expansion and updating of co-op service stations shows no forward thinking or planning for the future. With climate change we should be reducing gas stations not increasing them.

It seems every time the forecast calls for moisture, we are thwarted. The rain keeps moving elusively out of reach and our fields and pastures have become thirsty, desolate wastelands. That might be a touch melodramatic, but it’s close to the truth.

Letter to the Editor

Yesterday, my old neighbour Ed called me, and our answering machine answered his call. When I checked the machine, his message was, “This Ed from Saskatchewan. Where are you? What are you doing? Give me a call back since you are not home now.

In the Christian tradition, we’ve just celebrated the Easter season but here’s a detail I’ve never heard addressed: Following His resurrection, why was the napkin that covered the face of Jesus in the tomb, folded? In recording details of His death a