Opinion

Dear Editor Saskatchewan is currently spending five per cent of its budget on mental health, which is two per cent less than the national average.

The zonal geraniums (Pelargonium x hortorum) we grow as houseplants and tender bedding plants are complex hybrids of species native to South Africa. I was shocked when I first saw them in Tanzania, East Africa in the early 1960s.

I saw one of my high school teachers in Regina a while back who told me that he reads my columns with great interest.

Jobs represent the well-being of constituents, which should be the foremost concern of any local elected official.

Zara's Dead By Sharon Butala Published by Coteau Books $24.

The Sept. 27 Regional Optimist supplement “Specially For Seniors” might better have been titled “Specially For People With A Seniors Problem.

Dear Editor Like many people in North Battleford and area I have had to use the victim services unit at the local RCMP detachment. I continue to make use of this wonderful service although, like many, I wish I didn’t have to.

For us Canadians, an October weekend is our traditional time to celebrate around turkey, yams and pumpkin pie. For other of my readers who mark the same event in November, Thanksgiving weekend will soon be here.

For many of us, Thanksgiving involves getting together with folks we enjoy and eating a lot of food. In Canada it is timely as we have usually just finished or are in the process of finishing the harvest of our gardens.

In the early hours of a frigid February morning in 1933, a devastating fire at the Imperial Hotel in Tisdale took the lives of eight people. Among the victims were Mrs.