Opinion

Most gardeners are hopelessly addicted to seeing if “it will grow.” It’s even better if there is variety in what you are attempting to grow.

A vast majority of voters in the Battlefords and area support conservative representatives provincially and federally. That right-wing support is well established.

In 1915, Dennis Ryan and his wife Margaret began the 62-year-long run of Ryan family management of the Royal George Hotel in Luseland. That must be a record for hotel ownership, at least in Saskatchewan.

By some measures – and there is controversy about it – we are now in the longest bull market in the history of the S&P 500. For many people, that raises alarms.

I was hoping the cool weather of September would turn into a warm, mild October but I’m not so optimistic anymore. Is Mother Nature gearing us up for an eight-month “non-gardening” season? Hang in there gardeners, there is hope.

Many women dream of starting their own business. And there are plenty of advantages. First, you are your own boss, and in control of your own destiny. Then, you get to produce that product or service that no one can do as well as you.

So marijuana became legal in Canada last week. It likely hasn’t changed your life much. Most people (an estimated 85 per cent) have either never smoked pot or smoked only on an experimental basis.

Children of the Broken Treaty By Charlie Angus Published by University of Regina Press $27.

Leaving the prairies was difficult, made easier, though, by the presence of our two sons and their families in the town we now call home. Still, hours and days were spent in silent weeping.

I was briefly “locked up” in Saskatchewan Hospital last Thursday, but it was more comical than scary. My gimpy knee and I took in the media tour offered by the Saskatchewan Health Authority.