Opinion

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.

The Canada Caregiver Credit (CCC), new in 2017, is still poorly understood and a complicated tax break to explain. For these reasons, many Canadians have missed claiming it. But it’s important to get up to speed on this.

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It’s irritating that politicians or third-party groups think people can be easily manipulated.

Text and photos by Leila J. Olfert Published by Your Nickel’s Worth Publishing $12.

Have you ever been in a situation where a sense of obligation took precedence over your enjoyment of the event? I sure have and hockey games are just one example.