Opinion

One year after Reg and Louise Dlouhy bought the Arlington Hotel in Maryfield in 1976, they opened the first steak pit in Saskatchewan.

Maples Part I

Every year when I pick up my poppy from the tray on the News-Optimist front counter and drop in a donation to the Royal Canadian Legion Poppy Campaign, I have to take a trip to Google to look up which side of my jacket I should pin it on.

Chemical weapons are not new. In ancient times there were primitive flame throwers hurling Greek Fire at wooden ships in naval battles in the fabled waters of the Aegean and Mediterranean Seas.

A recent trip to the grocery store surprised me with a huge display of boxed Amaryllis bulbs shipped directly from Holland at the entrance to the store. These colorful boxes of bulbs promised white, red, pink or bicolor blooms by Christmas time.

After putting out a request on social media, I received questions from hunters that I hope to answer over my next few columns. Today, I am going to discuss the rules around hunting from a boat and hunting from a road.

When you think about it, the Saskatchewan Party should be “Standing up for Saskatchewan.” After all, the reason for their very existence is pretty much spelled out in their name.

By Jacqueline Guest Published by Coteau Books $14.95 ISBN 978-1-55050-943-4 Jacqueline Guest, bestselling author of Belle of Batoche, masterfully weaves her knowledge of Drumheller, Alta.

Though not always the same scenario nor the results one hopes for, sometimes a multitude of circumstances and events just seem to come together. That’s how it’s been for me this week.

Azaleas have been available as winter houseplants for decades, but their popularity always seems to have always lagged behind that of poinsettias or amaryllis.