Opinion

When Jack and John Morrow opened the Shell Lake Hotel in 1957, only men were allowed in the beverage room. On Saturday nights, while the farmers were enjoying each other’s company in the bar, their wives often had nowhere to go.

I told Ed, my old neighbour in Saskatchewan, that my memory is not hunky dory anymore. I gave a wrong answer when leading Bible study last Sunday and was hung out to dry with a quick correction.

Even when it comes to issues as complex as climate change and the carbon tax, there usually is a bottom line. And that bottom line is driven by common sense.

According to the forecast it was supposed to be sunny and warm; not only that those early morning clouds were supposed to break up, letting in the full glory of an autumn day.

Another topic for today: boxelder bugs, otherwise known as maple bugs. This little critter is one reason to hope winter arrives soon, but not a strongly compelling one.

Battleford Town Council recently discussed a prevailing problem, ATVs. I’ve been ranting against ATVs for years.

A friend posted this above a picture of the migrant convoy making its way from Honduras through Mexico right now: “This is happening now. Trump has to make a decision.

Old Man Winter might be breathing down our necks, but the construction season doesn’t seem to be ending anytime soon. It was reported last week that the City of North Battleford’s construction permit total through September has a value of $23.

"You fix your roof when it is not raining, and you put your snow tires on before the snow flies,” I told Ed last week. I’m getting my snow tires put on next week, so I'm ready for the winter that will undoubtedly come our wa.

It’s frustrating how environmental policy in this country is really become a battle between having a carbon tax and not having a carbon tax.