Opinion

Here's five easy picks

As I write this, Canada is having a good day, economically. That is, if you consider we just dodged, by the skin of our teeth, getting trampled by Donald Trump on NAFTA 2.0, the United States Mexico Canada Agreement.

The W5 documentary that aired last Saturday on North Battleford crime, entitled “Crimetown,” was devastating in no shortage of ways. In particular, it put a face to the victims of crime in North Battleford.

Saskatchewan North District RCMP members are taking a pro-active approach to deter and prevent impaired driving, according to an RCMP press release.

The boreal forest is a beautiful piece of our country and is central to our natural environment, history, culture and economy.

In the winter of 1911, lumberjacks brought a baby moose to Marcotte’s Hotel at Hudson Bay Junction located in northeast Saskatchewan. The hotel owner, Alcide Marcotte, obtained a government permit to enable him to keep the moose calf in captivity.

Eat your food with joy and be glad you are alive “Some days you just need to be in a bad mood at harvest time,” Ed told me yesterday. My old neighbour in Saskatchewan was feeling more negative than positive about his progress with his combining.

Once a divorce settlement is finalized, the next step is to make that settlement last.

Recently, I read some statistics on how Canadians are navigating their way through the whole “fake news” issue. Apparently, 69 per cent of us cannot tell the difference between which news is real and which isn’t. I am alarmed. We all need to be.

Fall is a bittersweet season for gardeners. On one hand, harvesting is a glorious reward for months of steady work and patience. On the other hand, the end of the growing season means no more fresh produce a few feet from your doorstep.